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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 hustle out the front door kind of robbery. Its a sneaky tunneling that probably took months to complete and landed the thieves in a room of safe deposit boxesnot the vault with two million bucks for a ranch sale next door. Was this some mistake, or was the thieves target the Tiffany-designed sapphire and diamond necklace belonging to eighty-five year old Gertrude Kennedy, a family heirloom from the days of the Titanic? The necklace is insured with United Life and Casualty for half a million. The company sends their ace investigator, Dan Mahoney, a Chicagoan still in New Mexico recuperating from events in Flash Food, and romancing the intrepid Elaine Linden, to the scene of the crime.
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.
