A review by emmastinylibrary
A Dangerous Fossil by John Delaney

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Set on the Jurassic Coast, Jemma is the Mary Anning of the modern day. When she finds a plesiosaur skeleton on the beach after a storm, she swears everyone to secrecy, until she can fully excavate and investigate it. Unfortunately the find gets leaked and the skeleton is stolen, which results in various deaths, kidnappings and threats.

This was a good story, the audiobook kept me hooked throughout, even if it did turn out to be a typical mystery in the end. The amount of goings-on would have had me a quivering wreck, but Jemma forged ahead and even had offers of relationships aplenty!