Curses! by Aaron Elkins 4 stars

[Sue]

Gideon Oliver, the "Skeleton Detective", is a forensic archeologist. He's been invited to an archaeological dig on the Yucatan Peninsula - the same location where foul play took place years ago.

The team uncovers an ancient curse for disturbing the Mayan temple, which seems to be coming true. Lots of action, not much forensic archeology - which was fine with me.

A fun, quick read.

[Theresa]

I have enjoyed reading this series off and on these last couple of years. I also read them out of order and it works just fine. I actually read some of these back when they were first published but lost sight of them.

[Sue]

My most recent compass spin pointed me directly to the Yucatan Peninsula - and I remembered you had also "visited" there this year with this same book.

I really enjoyed it! This is the first book in the series I've read, and I didn't feel lost at all. I did have a sense that earlier books probably shared Gideon meeting, falling in love and marrying Julie. I really enjoyed the Gideon/Julie aspect to the story.

[Theresa]

Sue wrote: "My most recent compass spin pointed me directly to the Yucatan Peninsula - and I remembered you had also "visited" there this year with this same book.

I really enjoyed it! This is the first book ..."

I actually checked on their meet etc. after reading Curses!, and it's in the first couple in the series. It's not stretched out over several but happens pretty fast. Curses! is an earlier one than I've been reading, so was nice to get hints of the newness of their marriage. Another I read this year probably for The Compass was one set on a branch of the Amazon in Peru which was fun. There was one set in a chateau in northern France that got me started on the series again several years ago. Not all travel outside the US - I'd forgotten that aspect of the series!