Simon Shaw, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and forensic historian, encounters his oldest corpse yet - Uwharrie Man, who died fourteen thousand years ago on the banks of Badin Lake in North Carolina. There is a controversy over the body, one that Simon realizes is not merely academic when his friend, archaeologist David Morgan, is murdered. Simon is convinced that Morgan died because he came between factions struggling for control of the bones, but police sergeant Otis Gates disagrees. Simon single-handedly pursues his friend's killer, whose identity is a shock to everyone, especially Simon himself. The intriguing storyline and Simon's personal stake in the mystery make this Shaber's best entry yet in a solid and always delightful academic cozy series.
- ISBN10 0709083556
- ISBN13 9780709083559
- Publish Date 30 March 2007
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 20 July 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher The Crowood Press Ltd
- Imprint Robert Hale Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English