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A review by mystereity
Dead Men's Hearts by Aaron Elkins
4.0
As I've said before, this series seems to be hit or miss and this one was in the miss category.
Gideon is in Egypt, having been strong-armed into narrating a documentary about the history of Horizon House, a museum and archaeology facility in Luxor, steps from the Sphinx. This was an audaciously multi faceted plot; the suspicious death of the man in charge of the facility, the theft of ancient artifacts, and a skeleton of a modern day man found labeled as an ancient skeleton. All of this points to an inside job, and Gideon has to work out who. The plot was well done, the scenery beautiful (it's so easy to picture the locations with all the rich descriptions) but it just didn't grab me the way other books in this series have. It was good, but not GOOD. 3 1/2 stars
Gideon is in Egypt, having been strong-armed into narrating a documentary about the history of Horizon House, a museum and archaeology facility in Luxor, steps from the Sphinx. This was an audaciously multi faceted plot; the suspicious death of the man in charge of the facility, the theft of ancient artifacts, and a skeleton of a modern day man found labeled as an ancient skeleton. All of this points to an inside job, and Gideon has to work out who. The plot was well done, the scenery beautiful (it's so easy to picture the locations with all the rich descriptions) but it just didn't grab me the way other books in this series have. It was good, but not GOOD. 3 1/2 stars