Lindsay Chamberlain is at it again and this may well her toughest assigment yet: uncover sunken Spanish galleon before the cofferdam subsides into the ocean and solve several murders while maintaining her relationship with her beau and fighting off theives. "The Angel of Death," as she is "respectfully" referred to, is up to the challenge.

"Skeleton Crew" is the fourth installment of the lauded Lindsay Chamberlain Mystery Series. These hardcover mysteries detail the work of fictional archaeologist Lindsay Chamberlain; however, Beverly Connor writes with an exactness and authority that makes her mysteries come alive.

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