Desecration

by Dan Baldwin

Dan Baldwin has a fast-paced, interesting read in his novel DESECRATION. The setting is an area known locally as the ARK-LA-TEX (southwestern Arkansas, northwestern Louisiana, northeastern Texas). The protagonist is Dr. Ashley Maud Hayes, a professor of archaeology from Centenary College in Shreveport, LA. She is recruited by pun-prone city detective Bummer LaSalle to investigate the vandalism of a local cemetery. The crime seems to have been done by an individual from the Caddo Indian tribe, a formerly indigenous group from that region and Ashley's area of expertise. However, the apparent prank soon morphs into the murder of a not-so-favorite-son of a prominent Shreveport family. Ashley's help is needed more than ever. Dan's story deals not only with murder, but the very problem of the desecration of Native American burial sites, the trafficking of pilfered relics and an underground network of dealers. The author has his usual cadre of curious characters, from truck stop waitresses to a state senator, from pottery and point hunters to a Native American "wanna-be" who wreaks havoc across the region.

239 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 15, 2013

About the author

Dan Baldwin is the author/co-author/ghostwriter of 50 published books on business, real estate, marketing, sales and related subjects.
His Western Novels are: CALDERA, CALDERA-A MAN ON FIRE, and TRAPP CANYON. All three are available for download or in paperback from www.amazon.com and www.creatspace.com and the other most possible sources.
His first mystery, DESECRATION is available for Kindle downloat at http://www.amazon.com/dp/b00eqm6kr0. A sequel, HERESY, will be released in late 2013. A thriller, SPARKY AND THE KING, is currently being marketed by his agent. Contact Baldwin at www.fourknightspress.com or www.danbaldwin.biz which are websites devoted to his fiction and non-fiction works and to writing tips and guidelines for his readers.