In the eleventh Gideon Oliver novel, the anthropologist vacations with his wife at an Italian estate in Lake Maggiore. However, beautiful views and delicious food can't compete with the disappearance of their host's child and the discovery of bones. Murder story mixes with family politics as Oliver connects the boy's kidnapping to the death of the host's father ten years earlier. The aging, yet horny, Oliver, with the frequent aid of his park ranger wife Julie and FBI friend, John Lau, takes another case.  (ITL739, $6.99)

A Gideon Oliver Mystery