- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Collins Crime; First U.K edition (3 Jun 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0002323133
- ISBN-13: 978-0002323130
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,524,338 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Returning 30 years later to the scene of an Alaskan avalanche tragedy, the sole survivor soon provides work for the Skeleton Detective when bones discovered at the site raise disturbing questions about what really happened.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
The best of "Gideon Oliver"
6 April 2002
Format:Paperback
As soon as I stumbled on my first book by Aaron Elkins, I raced through all of his others. I love the type of mysteries surrounding a character like his Gideon Oliver; an academic and forensic anthropologist rather than a cop. All of the G.O. mysteries are set in interesting places, and all have a good dose of physical anthropology. This particular one is set near a glacier (which holds the mystery) in Alaska. And in terms of suspense, setting, and how the science was used to "crack the case", I think "Icy Clutches" is the best of the series. MUCH better than the somewhat dragging "Old Bones", the one which won an Edgar Award. If you like the mystery genre and want some reading that is quick yet satisfying, I recommend all the Gideon Oliver books; but especially "Icy Clutches".
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Best of the Gideon Oliver Series
30 April 2000
Format:Paperback
For those who have read the more recent additions to the Gideon Oliver series by Aaron Elkins, I highly recommend they go back to this title and read it. Or even reread it! It is the best of the series and a synthesis of all that works for Mr. Elkins. The story is set in Alaska, a glacial country of brooding cold skies and even colder ice. The plot is perfect, combining just the right amounts of human foibles and motive, geological factoids, and of course, forensic anthropology. And there is an air of menace which pervades the book like no other in the series.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
THE ANSWERS LIE IN THE BONES
13 Nov 2004
Format:Hardcover
Aaron Elkins, author of __ICY CLUTCHES__, has a background as a physical anthropologist among his other professions. (Novelist and Business Administrator to name two) In this novel, as in most of his others, he uses his background in all three to concoct a murder mystery which involves some newly found bones which are the remnants of members of a scientific mission who were killed in an avalanche 30 years ago.
Elkins's protagonist, Gideon Oliver, is "Johnny-on-the-spot" when some of those bones resurface as the result of the shifting of the glacier in which they were embedded.
Also present is the leader of that ill-fated mission, now a famous T.V. personality, and one of Television's grand poseurs. His main purpose in returning to the scene is to prepare the way for the publication of his forthcoming novel about the expedition and the deaths resulting from the avalanche. This preparation includes getting releases from all interested parties, so the remaining members of that ill-fated expedition, and the closest relatives of the deceased are along for the ride.
After the resurfacing of the bones, Gideon is able to determine that they belong to only two of the three victims, and that one of the two had been killed, not by the avalanche, but by being hit in the skull by an ice axe.
From here on, the plot speeds up a bit when "Mr. T.V. personality" is found murdered and his manuscript is missing. (The plot is a little slow during explanatons of the use of the bones for analytical purposes re: sex, size, identification of individuals, etc.)
The questions I'll leave you with, and which I hope will entice you to read __ICY CLUTCHES__, are:
Are the bones that were found those of the two men in the expedition, or of one of the men and the one woman?
Why was the manuscript stolen?
Why the present day murder?
Are the new murder and the 30 year old one related?
Who was the murderer 30 years ago, and who is the modern day murder, and are they one and the same person?
These are the questions that can only be answered by reading this novel. Happy reading!
Elkins's protagonist, Gideon Oliver, is "Johnny-on-the-spot" when some of those bones resurface as the result of the shifting of the glacier in which they were embedded.
Also present is the leader of that ill-fated mission, now a famous T.V. personality, and one of Television's grand poseurs. His main purpose in returning to the scene is to prepare the way for the publication of his forthcoming novel about the expedition and the deaths resulting from the avalanche. This preparation includes getting releases from all interested parties, so the remaining members of that ill-fated expedition, and the closest relatives of the deceased are along for the ride.
After the resurfacing of the bones, Gideon is able to determine that they belong to only two of the three victims, and that one of the two had been killed, not by the avalanche, but by being hit in the skull by an ice axe.
From here on, the plot speeds up a bit when "Mr. T.V. personality" is found murdered and his manuscript is missing. (The plot is a little slow during explanatons of the use of the bones for analytical purposes re: sex, size, identification of individuals, etc.)
The questions I'll leave you with, and which I hope will entice you to read __ICY CLUTCHES__, are:
Are the bones that were found those of the two men in the expedition, or of one of the men and the one woman?
Why was the manuscript stolen?
Why the present day murder?
Are the new murder and the 30 year old one related?
Who was the murderer 30 years ago, and who is the modern day murder, and are they one and the same person?
These are the questions that can only be answered by reading this novel. Happy reading!
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