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Archaeologist Emma Fielding has come to England to do some research into her finds in New England but she is planning to spend 2 weeks helping some acquaintances dig in a medieval graveyard in Marchester. When the friends don't show at the airport, Emma is hijacked by an academic acquaintance, hauled into a luxurious chauffeur driven car and taken to "Pooter's" estate, just outside Marchester. Pooter turns out to be Jeremy Lord Hyde-Spofford, who is much taken with Emma and asks her to join them in a hunt the next weekend. As Palmer, the chauffeur, takes Emma to the dig, he warns her to keep her nose out of local business, and not get too involved with Jane Compton, When Emma finally meets with her Jane and her husband, Greg, she finds that a young female student, the daughter of a local property developer has disappeared. The next day, Emma is working at the direction of the dig's bone specialist, when she realizes that the body she has uncovered is not several hundred years old. And the breastbone has been split. The body of the missing student shows up in a dumpster (skip) on one of her father's building sites. The skeleton that Emma has unearthed turns out to be 20th century in origin. And Emma, despite Palmer's warnings, continues to try and solve the mysteries. After all, what's an archeologist to do? Dr. Cameron gets in a few digs at the British way of working (start at 9, tea break at 10, lunch at the pub from12-1, tea break at 3, quit at 5) and their archeological methods (ignore the top layers and dig down quickly to where they think the layer they want is). And she joins the hunt, but it isn't what we thnk...in this hunt, a scent is dragged for the dogs and then everyone runs after the dogs...no horses, no guns, no fox. The first Emma Fielding book SITE UNSEEN, served to introduce the characters. GRAVE CONSEQUENCES serves to extend Emma's professional credentials. Cameron's sense of humor is also very evident. If you like strong female protagonists, with a profession slightly out of the usual, then this is for you. Cameron has obviously worked in England, and she has a great sense of humor. Her comments about accents, shopping, drinking etc, are spot on. Run, don't walk, to the nearest bookstore and buy this one.
Reviewed by Barbara Franchi, November 2002
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