Lyn Hamilton
Although I haven’t read all of Lyn Hamilton’s mysteries, I have read enough to strongly recommend them. Some reviewers have called her plots overly complex or have chided her for having too many subplots. I have a different spin on that: I believe they are wonderfully complex and great for readers who want a book that will keep their brains in gear rather than being on cruise control. Lyn Hamilton’s books are labeled “archaeological mysteries,” but they also are heavy with history and antique lore … and definitely not the dusty plots conjured up (to me, anyway) by the word “archaeology.”
Books
Archaeological Mysteries with Lara McClintoch
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(2006) The Orkney Scroll
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(2005) The Moai Murders
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(2004) The Magyar Venus
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(2002) The Etruscan Chimera
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(2001) The African Quest
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(2000) The Celtic Riddle
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(1999) The Moche Warrior
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(1998) The Maltese Goddess
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(1997) The Xibalba Murder
Author Profile:
Lyn Hamilton is the author of a successful series of archaeological mysteries published by Berkley Prime Crime in New York. The series features Toronto antique dealer Lara McClintoch, who travels the world in search of the rare and beautiful for her shop, finding more than a little murder and mayhem along the way. Each book in the series is set in a different and exotic location and calls upon the past in an unusual way.
The first book in the series, The Xibalba Murders, was nominated for an Arthur Ellis Award for best first crime novel in Canada, and the eighth, The Magyar Venus was nominated for an Ellis award for best crime novel. The Celtic Riddle formed the basis for the 2003 Murder She Wrote TV Movie starring Angela Lansbury.
Courses in both cultural and physical anthropology in her student days at the University of Toronto inspired a life-long interest in ancient cultures. Lyn was for six years the Director of the Ontario Cultural Programs Branch, the branch responsible for the licensing of all archaeology in the province as well as for museum and heritage conservation support programs.
Lyn visits each of the locales she writes about, and has led tours to some of the sites in her books. Lyn’s books have been translated into Chinese, German, Spanish, Italian, Hebrew and Turkish and will soon be available in Croatian and Greek.
She was writer-in-residence at the North York Central Library in 2003, and held the same position at the Kitchener Public Library in 2004. She lives in Toronto, and like her sleuth Lara is something of an antiques addict.
Profile and photo from author website, used with permission.
