A Desert Dweller's Field Guide: Taking Down a Criminal Enterprise

Charlie Eliasson has spent her life tackling one bizarre situation after another, the product of growing up wild in the jungle with a pack of equally wild siblings. Now living back in the U.S., her life is finally somewhat normal. She's nearly finished her Masters degree, has a good job, and spends her days in a comfortable rhythm. Her quiet life, however, is upended when the job she loves throws something in her path that will make her choose between the easy road, or the high road.

Read: The smart road, or the dangerous road. The really, really dangerous road.

Tossed into the middle of international intrigue, Charlie finds her life and the lives of those around her hanging in the balance as she races to unravel the tangled mystery, solve the crime, and bag a few arrests.

The only question is, who will be left standing when the dust settles?