Mix the western setting of C. J. Box’s Joe Pickett with the noir tropes of Raymond Chandler and the humor of Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum, and you get this witty, thrilling mystery fueled by diverse characters and set against the stunning backdrop of the Arizona desert.
Nick Cameron is a PhD geologist of independent means who boxes for fun, packs a Colt Commander, and has a knack for finding bodies—dead and alive.
When an agate heiress arrives in Quartzrock, Arizona, on the eve of a gem show, she asks Nick for help selling some gemstones—and soon becomes a suspect in the bizarre murders of two prominent lapidaries. Stalked by the mysterious killer, she and Nick dodge police while Nick works with his friend Frankie Benally—a Navajo jewelry artist and brilliant armchair detective—to unravel the case. But even Frankie is stumped—until, at an isolated hacienda deep in the Sonoran desert, Nick meets the great-granddaughter of a soldadera who served with Pancho Villa’s División del Norte.
Along the way, Nick gets help from an old-fashioned gentleman sheriff, a crusty army retiree, and a clutch of feisty dames. He navigates plot twists and red herrings that would make Sam Spade reach for the aspirin. And he does it all with deadpan humor that’ll make you spit up your bourbon.
- 270 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- 1. An Ace of Dames
- 2. A Deuce of Stiffs
- 3. A Greek Radioman Strike It Rich
- 4. Make Mine a Monsoon
- 5. All Aboard for Murder (Almost)
- 6. Sheer Grandeur of Rocks
- 7. Bottoms up to His Holiness
- 8. Cherchez le Hobeau
- 9. Sheer Beauty of Solvents
- 10. The Railroad Bull Gets a Wooden Kimono
- 11. The Celestial Empress Wows the Firedawgs
- 12. Will the Real Yazzie Please Stand Up?
- 13. Tragedy Strikes the Radio Museum
- 14. Borrow My Watch, Tell Me the Time
- 15. Man on the Moon Was Once a Dream
- 16. Pay Up, Frankie
- 17. Nice Joint You Got Here, I’m Hankerin’ to Buy It
- 18. Thank God for AAA
- 19. A Hooker, of Sorts
- 20. Nice Pinkie Ring, Rodolfo
- 21. If She Weighs the Same as a Duck, Indict Her
- 22. On the Lam at Damp Lake
- 23. Grab Your Pencils, Men, We’re Going on an Audit
- 24. Nick Rides
- 25. Let’s You and Him Fight
- 26. Doña Cartucho
- 27. From China, with Love
- 28. Lessee’s Remorse
- 29. Daniel, the Sole Jewish Resident of Quartzrock
- 30. Oh, Sweet Mystery of Ballast, at Last I’ve Found You
- 31. Grab a Ballast Fork, Boys
- 32. Nick Gets Disqualified
- 33. White Buns Wants a Rematch
- 34. The Patient Is Resting Comfortably
- 35. Confidential to the Reader (By Frankie)
- 36. The Patient Is Still Resting Comfortably
- Epilogue: Booty and Djibouti
- References
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
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