THEM BONES

DAVID HOUSEWRIGHT

Them Bones by prolific PI author David Housewright comes highly recommended. This is PI Rushmore McKenzie's 22nd outing, making this series one of the longest-lasting ones in the field. Seven years ago, McKenzie was stranded and eventually rescued by Angela Bjork, a doctoral student at the University of Minnesota. She joined an archaeological dig and found a dinosaur skull, and eventually, that skull was scheduled to be transferred back to the university for additional research. Unfortunately, the next day, after the camp had been attacked, the skull was missing. Angela contacts Rushmore McKenzie, P.I., and we watch him use his skills to find out who has the skull, why it was taken, and where it is. Suspects abound, and that's where the fun begins. The author writes a fantastic novel, and this one is no exception. Readers can follow along easily and enjoy learning about paleontology along the way. If the reader has not read any other books by the writer, no worries. Them Bones can undoubtedly be read as a standalone, and when the reader has more time, they can go back and investigate the writer's long backlist.