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A bank heist turns sleepy little Wagon Mound, New Mexico on its ear. Its no straight-forward, demand all the money at gun-point, and run out the front door kind of robbery. Its a sneaky tunneling that probably took months to complete and put the thieves in a room of safe deposit boxesnot the vault which held some two million. Safe deposit boxes What could have made it worthwhile to bypass a cool couple million Maybe the one hundred and ten year old sapphire and diamond necklace belonging to eighty-five year old Gertrude Kennedy was the lure. United Life and Casualty carried a policy on it for five hundred thousand and sent their investigator, Dan Mahoney to sort things out. But he didnt quite get there when expected. Catching a ride when his Jeep overheats, Dan is the hapless passenger in a rollover that kills the driver and puts him in the hospital only to find out this was no accident.
About the Author
Susan Slater writes mysteries set in her beloved New Mexico--there's the highly acclaimed Ben Pecos series (first book, Pumpkin Seed Massacre, made it to the bestsellers' list in Germany, 2001) , Yellow Lies, Thunderbird and a Way to the Manger. Then the two stand-alones, Flash Flood and Five O'clock Shadow. But the big news is Susan's new book, 0 to 60 (July, 2009) . Her first foray into women's fiction! And already optioned by Hollywood! Susan lives thirty miles west of Taos and writes full time.
