The Deadly Canyon - Softcover

"The fast-paced action interspersed with some eccentric characters combine to make this a compelling story and a brilliant successor to Page's critically acclaimed first novel." The fast-paced action interspersed with some eccentric characters combine to make this a compelling story and a brilliant successor to Pages critically acclaimed first novel. Masterful . . . . Fans of Pages series hero, big, blind Santa Fe sculptor Mo Bowdre, will surely relish this sequel to "The Stolen Gods." Pathologic entomology, venomous snakes, recently rifled Aztec artifacts, rumors of Spanish treasure, and the odd detail of Native American mythology add to the intricate fabric of Pages narrative. Memorable characters, stark backdrops, fine crafting.

Mo Bowdre and his Anglo-Hopi girlfriend, Connie Barnes, find themselves at a remote desert research station in the bootheel of New Mexico thirty miles from the Mexican border and three hundred miles from nowhere. It's an unlikely site for Bowdre's newest sculpture commission -- not to mention conspiracy, sexual deception, smuggling, and murder. When a female corpse turns up in Skeleton Canyon, the research station is plunged into turmoil. Bowdre, with his sixth sense for trouble, goes into action when it is discovered that the murdered woman was a scientist and an FBI special agent. But the murder is only the first sharp thorn in a dense thicket of mystery.