Mayan Mendacity

This is the second volume in the Intermillennial Sleuth series by L J M Owen. Dr Elizabeth Pimms continues to work in the library and is also offered another project to investigate numerous skeletons and a fractured urn located on a Guatemalan island. As her investigations continue we learn of the life of Six who lived in Tik'al almost three thousand years ago.

Elizabeth is also encountering difficulties with relationships - with her boyfriend, Luke, and a fellow worker in the library, Mai. To further complicate her life someone is interfering with the skeletons that she is investigating, making it difficult for her to carry out her research and write her report on time.

Food is a theme that runs through this novel and some of the recipes for dishes mentioned are to be found at the end of the book. There is also a set of questions that may be useful for book clubs plus some historical notes plus translations of some of the non-English terms used in the story. This is an easy to read archaeological detective novel delving into mysteries from the past.