Icy Clutches

by Aaron J. Elkins

[Mystereity Reviews]

You know what keeps this series from getting too repetitive? It's the plots and their surprising twists and turns that thwart you from guessing what happens next.

Although this one got off to a slow start, thanks to the annoying tv host/author and his group of whiners, but picked up once the murder happened. As always, I love the anthropological parts of the story and I always like seeing John Lau show up. And I did like the plot, both the avalanche investigation and the murder investigation. The only thing I don't care for is how Gideon always gets himself into a situation where he's attacked (why are there so many people attacking anthropologists?) which gets old and really, doesn't add much to the story for me. I guess I'm in it for the solution and the action is just superfluous in my mind. But overall, I did enjoy (most of) the story and as always, the conclusion was a surprise that left me reeling.