Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear: The Anasazi Mysteries
Some of the hottest selling archaeology-related mystery novels are those of the Gears, retired archaeologists who have written nearly forty murder mysteries. Their series called "The Anasazi Mysteries" are a combination of science fiction and murder mystery, split between the Anasazi past and the cultural resource management present.
The Visitant
The Visitant, published in 1999, opens the series, in which Dr. Maureen Cole, one of the world's foremost physical anthropologists, has been called in to examine and evaluate a mass grave discovered in New Mexico.
The Summoning God
In The Summoning God, archaeologist William "Dusty" Stewart is stunned when he uncovers an ancient subterranean ceremonial chamber filled with the burned bodies of thirty-three children and two adults.
Bone Walker
In Bone Walker, published in 2001, Dusty and Maureen are drawn headlong into tragedy when Dale Emerson Robertson, their long time friend and mentor, is found murdered, upside down, and buried in an archaeological site in Chaco Canyon.