Shadows of Death: a Desert Sky Mystery

Brief Description: When Seth Parker kills two poachers in the Mojave Desert for shooting burros, he becomes a wanted man in detective Frank Flynn's jurisdiction. Because of Flynn's intimate knowledge of the desert, he anticipates Parker's next moves, but is one step behind. Review Quotes: "Sundstrand knows how to keep the tale moving as quickly as a flash flood. He has staked out a forbidding landscape which I look forward to revisiting. Sundstrand's small band of quirky, eccentric and rugged characters spring to life in the Owens River Valley, the craggy rock roads of the Sierra Nevada mountains and the burning Mojave desert. Into their world steps sniper Seth Parker, an intriguing and relentless killer whose victims are all people who have tortured and killed animals ranging from kittens to burros to mountain lions. Frank Flynn, the Mountain Ranger who lives in an old derailedcaboose, finds it difficult to take the moral high ground until Parker's obsession becomes mania and leads to a violent high body count ending. The trip into Flynn's corner of the world is well worth taking. "--Stuart M. Kaminsky, Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel, and a Grandmaster of The Mystery Writers of America, who writes the Porfiry Rostnikov, Abe Lieberman and Lew Fonesca novelsReview Quotes:?Sundstrand knows how to keep the tale moving as quickly as a flash flood. He has staked out a forbidding landscape which I look forward to revisiting. Sundstrand's small band of quirky, eccentric and rugged characters spring to life in the Owens River Valley, the craggy rock roads of the Sierra Nevada mountains and the burning Mojave desert.  Into their world steps sniper Seth Parker, an intriguing and relentless killer whose victims are all people who have tortured and killed animals ranging from kittens to burros to mountain lions. Frank Flynn, the Mountain Ranger who lives in an old derailedcaboose, finds it difficult to take the moral high ground until Parker's obsession becomes mania and leads to a violent high body count ending.  The trip into Flynn's corner of the world is well worth taking. "--Stuart M. Kaminsky, Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel, and a Grandmaster of The Mystery Writers of America, who writes the Porfiry Rostnikov, Abe LiebeReview Quotes:"Sundstrand knows how to keep the tale moving as quickly as a flash flood. He has staked out a forbidding landscape which I look forward to revisiting. Sundstrand's small band of quirky, eccentric and rugged characters spring to life in the Owens River Valley, the craggy rock roads of the Sierra Nevada mountains and the burning Mojave desert. Into their world steps sniper Seth Parker, an intriguing and relentless killer whose victims are all people who have tortured and killed animals ranging from kittens to burros to mountain lions. Frank Flynn, the Mountain Ranger who lives in an old derailedcaboose, finds it difficult to take the moral high ground until Parker's obsession becomes mania and leads to a violent high body count ending. The trip into Flynn's corner of the world is well worth taking. "--Stuart M. Kaminsky, Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel, and a Grandmaster of The Mystery Writers of America, who writes the Porfiry Rostnikov, Abe Lieberman and Lew Fonesca novelsBrief Description: "A Thomas Dunne book for Minotaur Books"--T.p. verso. Biographical Note: David Sundstrand was a longshoreman, a soldier, a railroad brakeman, and served in the United States Merchant Marine before going to college on the G. I. Bill to study English literature. He liked being a student almost as much as being a ne'er-do-well and might have stayed in college permanently were it not for the constraints of having to make a living. After many years of teaching English in high school and college, he decided to change hats and write something himself. He lives in Reno, Nevada, with his wife, Jacquelyn, two dogs, and a cat. Review Citations:

Publishers Weekly 01/19/2009 pg. 44 (EAN 9780312537586, Hardcover)

Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2009 (EAN 9780312537586, Hardcover)

Booklist 02/15/2009 pg. 39 (EAN 9780312537586, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Sundstrand, David David Sundstrand was a longshoreman, a soldier, a railroad brakeman, and served in the United States Merchant Marine before going to college on the G. I. Bill to study English literature. He liked being a student almost as much as being a ne'er-do-well and might have stayed in college permanently were it not for the constraints of having to make a living. He is the author of the Frank Flynn Mystery series. After many years of teaching English in high school and college, he decided to change hats and write something himself. He is the author of "Shadow of the Raven" and "Shadows of Death". He lives in Reno, Nevada, with his wife, Jacquelyn, two dogs, and a cat.