Deadly Canyon

by Jake Page Narrated by Buck Schirner

Overview

Mo Bowdre and his Anglo-Hopi girlfriend, Connie Barnes, find themselves at a remote desert research station in the bootheel of New Mexico thirty miles from the Mexican border and three hundred miles from nowhere. It's an unlikely site for Bowdre's newest sculpture commission-not to mention conspiracy, sexual deception, smuggling, and murder.

When a female corpse turns up in Skeleton Canyon, the research station is plunged into turmoil. Bowdre, with his sixth sense for trouble, goes into action when it is discovered that the murdered woman was a scientist and an FBI special agent. But the murder is only the first sharp thorn in a dense thicket of mystery.

“Another memorable book.”- Tony Hillerman

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

Fans of Page's series hero, big, blind Santa Fe sculptor Mo Bowdre, will surely relish this sequel to The Stolen Gods . Readers unacquainted with Mo's charms may be somewhat mystified. The sculptor's character seems mostly defined by his laugh--a weird noise that punctuates his conversation at odd moments--and his sensitivity, which is here mentioned more than demonstrated. His Hopi lover, Connie Barnes, is enigmatic and silent to the point of caricature. She also does the driving, in this instance to a remote research institute in the wilds of New Mexico. There the FBI hopes to use Mo's gifts of detection to help them figure out the case that has led to an undercover agent's death at the bottom of Skeleton Canyon. The narrative thread knots as tribal legends about hidden gold tangle with with hints of a present-day smuggling ring and bitterly feuding academics. Page writes with masterful understatement about Mo's blindness--it is rarely referred to, and, beyond the driving limitations, doesn't much slow him down. The locales and cultural heritage represented here, however, have been plied to better effect in Tony Hillerman's mysteries and in James Doss's soon to be published debut, The Shaman Sings . (Mar.)

Library Journal

Skeleton Canyon is a mysterious place, full of caves, exotic snakes, and interesting plants for examination by researchers and scientists at the Denver Museum's desert research station. When a dead woman is found in one of the many caves, it is discovered that she was an FBI agent searching for smuggled Aztec treasure. Enter Bowdre, a blind undercover investigator, and his Hopi girlfriend, as people begin to go missing and or turn up dead. Who is behind the murders? What are they trying to hide? Reader Buck Schirner helps keep this convoluted tale in order by identifying each character with a different accent and pace of speech. Recommended for mystery collections.-Miriam Kahn, Columbus, Ohio

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169818666
Publisher:	Brilliance Audio
Publication date:	08/08/2008
Edition description:	Unabridged

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