Roanoke Ridge - (A Creature X Mystery) by J J Dupuis (Paperback)

About the Book

Is a suspicious death deep in the Oregon woods tied to the recent rash of Bigfoot sightings? Skeptic Laura Reagan is swept into uncovering the secrets hidden in Roanoke Ridge as she desperately searches the unforgiving wilderness for her former mentor, a renowned Bigfoot researcher.

Book Synopsis

There's been a string of Bigfoot sightings in Roanoke Ridge. Do they have something to do with the body in the woods?

When Bigfoot researcher Professor Berton Sorel goes missing in the temperate rainforest of Roanoke Ridge, Oregon, help is summoned in the form of his former star pupil, Laura Reagan, online science populist and avowed skeptic. But what begins as a simple search and rescue operation takes a drastic turn when a body is discovered -- and it isn't the professor's.

Caught in the fallout of the suspicious death, perplexed by a sudden wave of Bigfoot sightings, and still desperately searching for Professor Sorel, Reagan reluctantly admits two things: her old mentor was right about there being secrets hidden in Roanoke Ridge, and it's up to her to uncover them.

Review Quotes

A mystery mixed with crime and cryptozoology, readers looking for a novel that is heavy on nature will appreciate Roanoke Ridge.-- "Cloud Lake Literary"

[Roanoke Ridge] is fast, enjoyable, layered in information culled on the subject matter, and its descriptions lead me through locations that seem hauntingly familiar.-- "The Mind Reels"

A fun, engaging read, written with lots of informed insider insight on a fascinating field -- and with some neat cameos from the real world of Sasquatch research and investigation.-- "Dr. Darren Naish, palaeozoologist, University of Southampton"

Brilliant ... indeed an excellent book.-- "Maureen Jennings, author of the Murdoch Mystery series"

Dupuis's diverting debut introduces Laura Reagan, a cryptozoological investigator... Laura has enough substance to suggest she can sustain a series.-- "Publishers Weekly"

With Roanoke Ridge, J.J. Dupuis gives us a mystery centering around that primal human need to believe that something is out there. The book is mischievous, zany, and fast-paced, and it skewers our pop-culture lust the whole way through.-- "Jeff Parker, author of Where Bears Roam the Streets"

About the Author

J.J. Dupuis writes fiction, poetry, and satire. When not in front of a computer, he can be found haunting the river valleys of Toronto, where he lives and works.