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A Catherine Sohon Elephant Mystery
Random House
April 2015
On Sale: April 7, 2015
Featuring: Catherine Sohon; Jon Baggs
294 pages
ISBN: 1101883472
EAN: 9781101883471
Kindle: B00OEXM6Y2
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In a blockbuster debut thriller brimming with majestic wildlife, village politics, and international intrigue, a chilling quadruple homicide raises the stakes in the battle to save Africaβs elephants. Still grieving over the tragic death of her fiancΓ©, American wildlife biologist Catherine Sohon leaves South Africa and drives to a remote outpost in northeast Namibia, where she plans to face off against the shadowy forces of corruption and relentless human greed in the fight against elephant poaching. Undercover as a census pilot tracking the local elephant population, sheβll really be collecting evidence on the ruthless ivory traffickers. But before she even reaches her destination, Catherine stumbles onto a scene of horrifying carnage: three people shot dead in their car, and a fourth nearbyβwith his brain removed. The slaughter appears to be the handiwork of a Zambian smuggler known as βthe witchdoctor,β a figure reviled by activists and poachers alike. Forced to play nice with local officials, Catherine finds herself drawn to the prickly but charismatic Jon Baggs, head of the Ministry of Conservation, whose blustery exterior belies his deep investment in the poaching wars. Torn between her developing feelings and her unofficial investigation, she takes to the air, only to be grounded by a vicious turf war between competing factions of a black-market operation that reaches far beyond the borders of Africa. With the mortality rateβboth human and animalβskyrocketing, Catherine races to intercept a valuable shipment. Now sheβs flying blind, and a cunning killer is on the move.
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