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A review by ellenw
The Dark Place by Aaron Elkins
2.0
I read the first book in this series many years ago and recently ran across this book used. (Well, "recently" in terms of my to-read shelf could mean five years ago.) I thought I'd revisit the series. It was a bad idea.
I will tolerate a lot of nonsense for a forensic anthropology mystery, which is probably the only reason I got through it. I was making a lot of "seriously?" faces, at the character development, the cultural anthropology, and the predictable plot -- I kept inventing other endings besides the really obvious one that turned out to be true. (Of COURSE the scientist with unpopular opinions would commit murder to prove himself right! Oh -- oh wait, you're going to do that instead. FINE.)
Would not recommend, even to people who like mysteries, even to people who like forensic anthropology mysteries. At least it's short?
I will tolerate a lot of nonsense for a forensic anthropology mystery, which is probably the only reason I got through it. I was making a lot of "seriously?" faces, at the character development, the cultural anthropology, and the predictable plot -- I kept inventing other endings besides the really obvious one that turned out to be true. (Of COURSE the scientist with unpopular opinions would commit murder to prove himself right! Oh -- oh wait, you're going to do that instead. FINE.)
Would not recommend, even to people who like mysteries, even to people who like forensic anthropology mysteries. At least it's short?