Dressed to Die

by Beverly Connor

Lindsay Chamberlain (3)

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Some skeletons just won't stay hidden. No one knows that better than University of Georgia archaeologist Lindsay Chamberlain. Still, she is shocked when a skeleton dressed in its Sunday best falls out of a packing crate that had been stored in a kudzu-covered shed on her grandfather's farm for more than sixty years. When other crates are discovered, each containing a stash of valuable artifacts, Lindsay begins to wonder. Could her beloved grandfather, a prominent archaeologist, have been a show more thief, a looter - even a murderer? As Lindsay struggles with these troubling questions, she helps a local private investigator locate the wooded grave of Shirley Foster, a missing faculty member. Lindsay is sucked into the investigation, which leads to more questions than answers. Why did Shirley Foster lie to the world about her life? Who wanted her dead? show less

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This is the third in the Lindsay Chamberlain series, and it's a good one. These books are very well-written indeed. Connor's characters are real, and she keeps the tension going right up until the end. Plus we always hear fascinating anthropological lore. The puzzles are hard to figure out as well. I was kept in suspense as to the identity of the murderer right up until the end. Lindsay is a very likeable and human protagonist. She has human foibles and human insecurities, but she is also intelligent and not afraid to stand up for herself. In this book Lindsay is tracking what appears to be about three or four different storylines, and she realizes that she is being set up to take the fall for at least one of them. When artifacts show more disappear from her floor, she realizes that someone is trying to fit her up for it. And people keep dying (both in the past and present). She needs to figure out everything quickly. I really am enjoying this series. show less
What is the family secret? Who did what and why did people have to die? The author does a great job in answering these questions, with pose and wonderful character development. What a fun read this mystery series is, I look forward to more Lindsay Chamberlain novels. An excellent series.
I think this could be considered a much less intense novel about Lindsey Chamberlain. I don't believe that she got into any extraordinary scrapes in this book. Only ordinary ones.

The story is much more of a normal mystery. Lindsey gets called in as a forensic anthropologist and archaeologist to try and find the body of a woman who's been missing for two years.

I don't recall where it takes place exactly, but Connor definitely gives the setting a small town feel, like everyone knows every one else and there's all sorts of complicated relationships and interesting undercurrents in each scene.

Another interesting part of the story was the academic political intrigue that was a subplot. That's always interesting stuff.

Now, if Connor would show more decide what she wants to do with the whole Derrick/Lindsey situation the book would be almost perfect. show less
So far it has been very good.
Ik kwam dit boek tegen op mijn ereader en wist niet meer zeker of ik hem nu al had gelezen of niet. Dus heb ik hem maar even gelezen. En ik vond het wel een lekker tussendoortje. Pas aan het eind kwam het mij een beetje bekend voor dus ik ben blij dat ik hem wel heb uitgelezen, nu staat hij in ieder geval in mijn leeslijst en weet ik voor in de toekomst dat ik dit boek dus wel heb gelezen.

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Canonical title
Dressed to Die
Original publication date
1998-09-01
People/Characters
Dr. Lindsay Chamberlain; Sinjin Chamberlain; Shirley Foster; Tom Foster; Chris Pryor; Sheriff Irene Varnadore (show all 10); Will Patterson; Frank Carter; Ellis Einar; Luke Ferris
Important places
University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
Dedication
To my brother, Charlie Heth. This one's for you.
First words
Why do you believe she's buried here?

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Genres
Fiction and Literature, Mystery
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
LCC
PS3553 .O5138 .D74Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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Reviews
5
Rating
(3.96)
Languages
Dutch, English
Media
Paper, Ebook
ISBNs
6
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2