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Desert Shadows

Desert Shadows

Publishing Can Be Murder
by Webb, Betty
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    After Scottsdale publisher Gloriana Allerton is poisoned at the annual Southwestern Publishers` Convention and a Pima Indian friend is accused of the murder, Lena Jones begins to investigate the seldom talked about side of the business--racist pub...
 
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After Scottsdale publisher Gloriana Allerton is poisoned at the annual Southwestern Publishers` Convention and a Pima Indian friend is accused of the murder, Lena Jones begins to investigate the seldom talked about side of the business--racist publishing. To her horror, Lena finds herself rubbing elbows with extremist politicians and members of local fascist groups.
Though she becomes a target for murder because of her investigations, an attempt against Lena Jones` life pales in comparison to what happens when she is granted a meeting with the Aryan Brotherhood leader at the Arizona State Prison complex. On her way to the Death Row visiting room, a Black trustee nicknamed "Green," because of his startling green eyes, looks into Lena`s face.
And calls her by her mother`s name.
Found shot in the head at the age of four, her memory gone, the green-eyed Lena Jones had been raised in a series of abusive foster homes which left her emotionally--and physically--scarred. For years, Lena had searched for her biological parents with the same intensity with which she searched for killers. But now, with a possible answer to her identity right in front of her, Lena begins to realize that the truth may come at a very high price...
Her own life.

Author:
Webb, Betty
ISBN:
9781590582732
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
280
Publish Date:
03/30/2006
Publisher:
Poisoned Pen Pr
Language:
English

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  • Loyalty, compassion and a sharp sense of humor help Arizona PI Lena Jones survive as she continues to struggle with her troubled past in Webb's third socially conscious, thought-provoking mystery (after 2003's Desert Wives). When Gloriana Alden-Taylor, the 75-year-old patrician founder of controversial Patriot's Blood Press, is fatally poisoned at the banquet held at the annual Southwest Book Publisher's Expo (SOBOP), Lena's Pima Indian partner, Jimmy Sisiwan, enlists Lena's aid in trying to prove the innocence of the chief suspect, Jimmy's cousin Owen, "a Bronze Star-winning Afghan War hero." Lena soon discovers that many people had the opportunity to slip deadly water hemlock into the victim's salad, ranging from the Reverend Melvin Giblin, who happens to have been a former foster father of Jones, to the fanatical racist author Randall Ott and his equally vicious lady friend. As the suspense builds, the author touches on such issues as consolidation in the book industry, the plight of foster children, mother-daughter relationships, animal rescue programs and more. The glorious Southwest landscape once again provides the perfect setting for Webb's courageous heroine. Agent, Cine/Lit. (July 9) Forecast: With Desert Wives, which explored contemporary polygamy in the U.S., currently in development to become a TV movie, and the Lena Jones books in development to become a TV series, the long-term sales picture for Webb looks rosy. (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
 
 
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