Desert Jade: A Letty Valdez Mystery
By C.J. Shane
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Desert Jade was named a finalist for Best Suspense-Thriller book, 2018 NM-AZ Book Awards. Tucson Chicana/Native American private investigator and Iraq War veteran Letty Valdez joins forces with an unlikely ally, Chinese police Detective Inspector Zhou Liang Wei, in Desert Jade, a fast-paced mystery-suspense thriller set in the Sonoran Desert. We meet a migrant lost and out of water in the desert, Chinese triad gangsters engaged in criminal activities on the U.S.-Mexico border, a woman murdered in her backyard, a husband who vanished with a large sum of money, and three abducted young women threatened with sex trafficking. There's a touch of romance, too, when cop Zhou meets one of Letty's friends. Don't forget Milagro (aka Millie), the runt-sized female pit bull who performs a heroic act and saves a life. Next after Desert Jade, look for Dragon's Revenge (2018) and Daemon Waters (2019).
C.J. Shane
C.J. Shane is an Arizona writer and visual artist. She has worked as a journalist, academic reference librarian, ESL teacher, and freelance writer. She exhibits her artwork nationally and internationally. She is the author of eight nonfiction books and numerous magazine and newspaper articles. She is the author of the Letty Valdez private investigator series: Desert Jade (2017), Dragon's Revenge (2018), Daemon Waters (2019) and Direct Evidence (2022). A second mystery series, the Cat Miranda Mysteries, includes Kissed (2020), Fair Play (2021) and The Broken Pot (2022). Desert Jade, Dragon's Revenge, and Kissed were all Finalists for Best Mystery-Suspense, New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards. Shane's mystery books often have a romantic subplot.
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