Desert Rage: A Lena Jones Mystery
The horrific slaughter of a prominent doctor, his wife, and
their ten-year-old son inside their Scottsdale home brings Thorsson to Private
Investigator Lena Jones. The slain family’s 14-year old, Alison, and her
boyfriend, Kyle, have confessed to the murders. Thorsson wants to hire Lena to
discover if Alison is telling the truth, but before accepting the job, Lena
demands to know why a rising political star wants to involve herself with the
fate of a girl she’s never met. Desperate for Lena’s help, Thorsson reveals her
explosive secret – that Alison is the candidate’s biological daughter, a fact
she’s kept hidden for years. But that’s not all. Thorsson then confides something
even more unusual than a mere hidden pregnancy, something that could ruin her
political plans forever.
Suspecting that Alison’s parents had secrets of their own
that could have led to the murders, Lena finally accepts Thorsson's assignment.
But interviewing those who knew the family well soon puts Lena -- now a strong
defender of the two teens -- in danger of her life.
Fast paced, probing, and filled with the trademark twists of
the Lena Jones series, Betty Webb is unsparing of her characters yet writes
their stories with wit and compassion.
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About the Author
Before
writing mysteries, Betty Webb was a journalist, and interviewed U.S.
Presidents, Nobel Prize winners, astronauts who walked on the moon, and
polygamy runaways. Now she is best known for her prize-winning Lena Jones books
(Desert Noir, Desert Wives, Desert Shadows, Desert Run, Desert Lost, Desert Cut, and
Desert Wind) and the Gunn Zoo books (The Anteater of Death, The Koala of Death,
and The Llama of Death).
Learn more about Desert Rage and Betty on her website.
(photo credit Paul Howell)
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