The Scorpion’s Tail is another great mystery by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. I reviewed the first in this series about 18 months back. At the time I remarked “Preston and Child are about all you need to hear to know it is going to be a good, and likely great, mystery novel. Their collaboration is simply amazing.”

This second in the series does nothing to change my mind. It was a great read and hard to put down.

It doesn’t take long to get to the dead body. It has been there for decades and just uncovered. It is on federal land in an old ghost town and seems to be a fairly simple case. But it quickly gets complicated as rookie FBI Agent Corrie Swanson investigates to determine identification of the body, cause of death and whether or not foul play was involved. She talks archaeologist Dr. Nora Kelly into helping her with some aspects of the case and together they discover a much deeper mystery than they could even imagine.

I highly recommend this book and thank Netgalley for the chance to read it before publication.