Burying Ground (Hardback)

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.