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INTRODUCING A NEW LINE OF CAROLYN HART CLASSICS, each with a new introduction by the author!
BEIJING, 1941: The ancient bones of the famed "Peking Man" are placed in two wooden crates for shipment to the United States to escape the invading Japanese army. The bones are never seen again. San Francisco, 1980s: The greatest treasure in the history of paleontology remains missing--until a frantic stranger named Jimmy calls on noted anthropologist Ellen Christie and shares a scintillating secret with her: he may have the famous bones in his possession. After allowing Dr. Christie to examine an intriguing skull in a dank Chinatown basement, Jimmy is forced to flee with the evidence, a couple of violent thugs in hot pursuit. As Ellen navigates the treachery of the city's elite criminals along with Jimmy's brother, Dan, her dreams of academic stardom draw closer. Unfortunately, so does danger.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
- Sales Rank: #1261092 in eBooks
- Published on: 2012-11-13
- Released on: 2012-11-13
- Format: Kindle eBook
Review
""Fans of Carolyn Hart are in for a new sort of treat with Skulduggery, an evocative and suspenseful stand-alone novel set in San Francisco. New readers will go on to her other books and discover why this mistress of mystery is, indeed, a national treasure."" - Katherine Hall Page, author of the Faith Fairchild Mystery series
""An enticing mix of engaging characters, fascinating historical details, and a runaway treasure hunt."" - Mary Kennedy, author of the Talk Radio Mystery series
""An entertaining dash through San Francisco's Chinatown with attractive detectives and a fascinating look at a real historical mystery. The authentic background - of both Peking Man and modern-day Chinatown - makes it hard to put down."" - JoAnna Carl, author of the Chocoholic Mystery series
""Readers who only know Carolyn Hart's sunlit and cheerful books will be intrigued to learn that she does dark and suspenseful ones just as well. Skulduggery combines a priceless archeological treasure with an evocative rendering of San Francisco's Chinatown in this surprising standalone."" - Margaret Maron, author of the Judge Deborah Knott series
About the Author
An accomplished master of mystery, Carolyn Hart is the author of forty-seven novels of mystery and suspense. Her books have won multiple Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards. One of the founders of Sisters in Crime, Hart lives in Oklahoma City, where she enjoys mysteries, walking in the park, and cats. She and her husband Phil enjoy the company of an orange tabby and brother and sister brown tabbies.
READER BIO
Jennifer Bronstein is originally from Los Angeles, California. She earned her BFA degree in Theater from the Meadows School for the Arts at SMU in Dallas, Texas. TV credits include roles on NBC's Chuck and Fox's The OC. In 2011 Jennifer got to work with Jesse Eisenberg and Aziz Ansari in Columbia Pictures' Feature Film 30 Minutes or Less.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
A priceless treasure comes within reach
By Pat Browning
San Francisco, 1980s: A knock on the door. The unexpected visitor is a young Chinese man named Jimmy. He has read a newspaper article referring to anthropologist Ellen Christie as "the bone lady" and wants her to examine a skull he believes belongs to Peking Man.
Those ancient bones have been missing since 1941. At the prospect of such priceless treasure within reach, Ellen throws caution to the winds. She climbs on the back of Jimmy's motorcycle and they roar off to Chinatown.
When she holds the skull in her hands Ellen is mesmerized, but before she can question Jimmy, his older brother Dan bursts in. Within minutes they are assaulted by two thugs who had followed Dan. Ellen, Jimmy and Dan escape through a secret tunnel and Jimmy disappears.
What follows is a journey through another time, another place, as Ellen and Dan search Chinatown block by block, looking for Jimmy. The author paints a harrowing picture of a Chinatown that tourists never see, a warren of immigrants living in squalor and despair. Also emerging are a portrait of Jimmy, who devotes his life to helping others, and a revealing look at the resilience of the immigrants he works with.
Ellen and Dan must question people without revealing anything that would start a storm of rumors about the reappearance of long-lost fossils. Ellen is constantly torn between her concern for the safety of the ancient bones and her concern for the living people she comes to admire and respect. She must also deal with her growing attraction to Dan, a handsome, no-nonsense lawyer, and her out-of-the-blue brush with death.
In this slim volume (175 pages) the author touches on 500,000 years of human evolution without slowing the plot's momentum. The startling denouement comes in the aftermath of a Chinese New Year's parade.
In her Introduction to SKULDUGGERY, Carolyn Hart writes: "Ellen's challenge occurs in the San Francisco Chinatown of the 1980s, evoking a part of the past of American Chinese, whose families came to this country as immigrants, as so many of our forebears did, and stayed to become a part of the rich and varied tapestry that makes America truly a land created by those who dare."
I will never again think of San Francisco's Chinatown as simply an exotic collection of shops and restaurants.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
A powerful suspense novel by a great author
By Cozy Reader
Anthropologist Ellen Christie has a chance meeting with the infamous Peking Man (the anicent Chinese bones that were last seen in 1941) when a stranger, Jimmy Lee, frantically calls on her to identify a skull. Ellen is convinced that the skull is Peking Man and begs Jimmy to show her the rest of the bones. However before Jimmy is given a chance he disappears, and that starts a chase to find Jimmy and the Peking Man bones. Ellen is helped in the chase by Jimmy's brother, Dan Lee.
I don't read very many suspense novels. The truth of it is that I just enjoy the pace of cozy mysteries so much. However, when I learnt that Seventh Street Books was re-releasing some of Carolyn Hart's earlier books I was interested in reading them. I absolutely love Carolyn Hart's Death on Demand series so I couldn't wait to see what her earlier books would be like.
Well let me say, despite not being a big fan of suspense, I loved Skulduggery. I naturally have an affection for history, having taken a few history classes in University, and I found myself wrapped up in this story about the missing bones of the Peking Man. Skulduggery is shorter than her Death on Demand books, at just 200 pages, but it kept me absolutely glued to every single page.
There is no doubt in my mind that Carolyn Hart is worthy of the title of "American Queen of Crime". She writes a powerful story in Skulduggery, where the reader will hold her heart in her hands hoping that Ellen Christie and Dan Lee can find his brother and the bones in time.
I highly recommend Skulduggery to all mystery fans. Yes it is suspenseful but it is not a thriller, and I think that all mystery fans will find it a thoroughly enjoyable read.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
exciting amateur sleuth
By A Customer
In 1980s San Francisco Jimmy Lee asks physical anthropologist Dr. Ellen Christie to come with him to Chinatown. In a basement, Jimmy shows Ellen a strange looking skull. Stunned Ellen identifies the fossil as part of the "Peking Man" group. Two thugs arrive and accost Jimmy. He and the rare skull vanish.
Ellen and Jimmy's brother Dan investigate where Jimmy may have found the Peking Man unaware that the skull and other bones were shipped from China in 1941 to keep put of the hands of the Japanese army. As the pair begins to unravel Jimmy's recent activities, others seeking the precious find will kill anyone in their way.
This is a reprint of an exciting amateur sleuth mystery that superbly uses the premise of the missing Peking Man bones as the heart of this mystery. Fast-paced from the moment Jimmy shows his treasure to Ellen, readers also obtain insight into the complex people of Chinatown. Fans will enjoy Skulduggery.
Harriet Klausner
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