High Desert Grave Robber - by Linda A Morton (Paperback)

About the Book

Santa Fe, New Mexico 1987 A shady art dealer plunges schoolteacher, Laura Barnes, into a high stakes investigation much different than the easy summer job she expected.

Book Synopsis

Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1987. Local teacher, Laura Barnes, takes a summer job at the J.D. Canon Gallery. She soon discovers that she is replacing a Cherokee Indian woman who was found dead after leaving the gallery. The Albuquerque FBI office gets a tip that Indigenous burial items may be selling for profit at the same location. Undercover agent, Marc Bennett, investigates. With the help of the local police and Laura Barnes, they unravel evidence of crimes committed in the popular high desert art community.

Review Quotes

"Readers will enjoy details about southwestern culture, while a potent mix of a murdered Indigenous woman, federal investigators, tribal interests and illegally stolen artifacts combine to make a suspenseful read in this thrilling trip to 1980's Santa Fe."

Susan McDuffie, author of Death on the Rio Chiquito and the Muirteach MacPhee Mysteries