One Grave Less

One Grave Less by Beverly Connor is the ninth book in the Diane Fallon mystery series. Diane is a forensic anthropologist and museum director in Georgia. At one time she had also been a human rights investigator in Peru. When Diane was in Peru she adopted a small girl she named Ariel. Sadly her daughter was killed in a horrible massacre at a school Ariel was attending.

Brokenhearted, Diane returns home to Georgia. When at last she feels able to work again she takes a job as director of the River Trail Museum of Natural History. In the book's first chapter Diane is at the museum after hours checking on a new exhibit. She discovers two wounded people, one an old friend from her days as a human rights activist. Within days someone tries to steal Diane's identity and she's accused of murders that occurred recently in Brazil. To find the persons responsible for the attacks at the museum and the threats against her, Diane must learn who caused the killings in Peru years before and why.

This is an entertaining series, fast-moving and smart. This may be the most satisfying book of the series yet.