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Death Rattle: Arizona Borderlands Mystery Book 2
"Shaken, not stirred takes on new meaning it this second installment in the modern-day western mystery series by Carl and Jane Bock. Their writing reflects solid knowledge of Arizona and its denizen. And their storytelling is as sharp as a serpent's tooth." - Nicolas Gilmartin Teranzi, Online Critics Corner
A killer stalks the oak grasslands of southeastern Arizona, wielding a deadly weapon unlike any other: Mojave rattlesnakes. Deputy Sheriff Calvin Creede faces his worst nightmare when victims turn up dead from snake bites that are anything but accidental.
The Investigation
Deputy Creede doesn't like snakes, but solving this case means confronting his fears head-on. With the expertise of veteran herpetologist Dr. Hazel Smith and support from his fiancé Maria Obregon, he must track down the mountain cave recently looted of its rattlesnake population. The challenge: determining which suspect among several has weaponized these deadly serpents.
Arizona's Smallest County Under Siege
This second installment in the Arizona Borderland Mysteries continues the story of law enforcement in an isolated corner of Arizona's smallest county. What was once dominated by cowboys and cattle has transformed into southwestern exurbia, bringing new complications to Deputy Creede's job: vineyards, drug trafficking, border tensions, and high-end housing developments all converge in this changing landscape.
About the Authors
Carl and Jane Bock are retired Professors of Biology from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Carl received his PhD in Zoology from the University of California at Berkeley, while Jane holds three degrees in Botany, a B.A. from Duke, an M.A. from the University of Indiana, and a PhD from Berkeley. Carl is an ornithologist and conservation biologist. Jane is a plant ecologist and an internationally recognized expert in the use of plant evidence in criminal investigations. She is co-author with David Norris of Forensic Plant Science (Elsevier-Academic Press, 2016).
The Bocks spent nearly forty years studying the natural history of the region in southeastern Arizona that is the setting for their Borderlands Mystery series. They have co-authored numerous articles and two nonfiction books based on their fieldwork in the Southwest: The View from Bald Hill (University of California Press, 2000), and Sonoita Plain: Views from a Southwestern Grassland (with photographs by Stephen Strom; University of Arizona Press, 2005). The first volume of their mystery series, Coronado's Trail, was published in 2016 by Absolutely Amazing eBooks.
Now largely retired from academic life, the Bocks presently divide their time between Colorado, Arizona, and the Florida Keys, mostly fly fishing (Carl), fighting crime (Jane), and writing fiction.
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