Airtight Case — Beverly Connor

In a seemingly random attack, forensic anthropologist Lindsay Chamberlain is left for dead in a shallow grave in the woods of East Tennessee. Although she manages to escape, she suffers from amnesia as a result of the ordeal. When her memory returns, it is incomplete.

The assault looms over Lindsay's peace of mind like a dark cloud, even as she joins an excavation at an 1830s farm site on the edge of the Great Smokey Mountains National Park in Tennessee. Unlike other digs where she has worked, this site has serious problems. The site director is openly hostile to Lindsay, the crew is filled with tension, and the principal investigator is suspected of murdering a local resident and stealing valuable papers from her.

When very old sealed lead coffins dating from the 1700s are discovered, the dig takes on a new and exciting dimension. One of the caskets contains the disturbing remains of a woman who appears to have something frighteningly in common with Lindsay. And when one of the crew disappears, Lindsay realizes that unless she solves the mystery she might lose her sanity, or worse, her life.