Art, religion, and anthropology collide in Alderson’s latest art mystery thriller, Rituals of the Dead, book three of the Adventures of Zelda Richardson series.
Author: Jennifer S. Alderson
Book Title: Rituals of the Dead: An Artifact Mystery
Book Genre: Mystery, Historical Fiction, Amateur Sleuth, International Mystery & Crime
Release Date: April 6, 2018 (eBook) April 13 (paperback)
Synopsis: Art history student Zelda Richardson is thrilled to be working at the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam on an exhibition of bis poles from the Asmat region of Papua New Guinea – the same area where a famous American anthropologist disappeared in 1962. When his journals are found inside one of the bis poles, Zelda is tasked with finding out more about the man’s last days and his connection to these ritual objects.
Zelda is pulled into a world of shady anthropologists, headhunters, missionaries, art collectors, and smugglers – where the only certainty is that sins of the past are never fully erased.
Join Zelda as she grapples with the anthropologist’s mysterious disappearance fifty years earlier, and a present-day murderer who will do anything to prevent her from discovering the truth.
About the author: Jennifer S. Alderson worked as a journalist and website developer in Seattle, Washington before trading her financial security for a backpack. After traveling extensively around Asia, Central America and Australia, she moved to the Netherlands to study art history. Jennifer’s travels and experiences color and inform her Adventures of Zelda Richardson mystery series. Down and Out in Kathmandu is a travel fiction adventure through Nepal and Thailand. The Lover’s Portrait is a suspenseful “whodunit?” that transports readers to wartime and present-day Amsterdam. Learn more at http://www.jennifersalderson.com.
Thank you, Judy!