Quicksand Plot

by C.F. Button

The city of Phoenix is growing like a cancer. The Bureau of Land Management is trading land to make room for growth. Bankers, developers, and lawyers are making fortunes. Then some small-time miners cook up a scam to get their cut of the action and all hell breaks loose in the desert. When Tom Kreuger, a BLM wildlife biologist, finds a lunatic miner buried in sand and partly eaten by javelina, he soon uncovers a quicksand plot. Then a co-worker disappears, and another body turns up in a plane wreck. Gold mines, aliens, water theft, and conspiracy theories abound. Tom is in over his head and doesn't know it. "Author Clair Button draws you into the lives of his characters, some who could easily be your neighbors, co-workers or that quirky fellow down the street. .just enough humor to break up the nail-biting suspense. I love it when a book makes me think beyond the pages!" -- Debby Schoeningh ­ News Editor/The Record-Courier

236 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2005

Reviews

[Arizonagirl · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was recommended to me by a colleague who knows the author. As an Arizona botanist, I really enjoyed this book. I thought it was fun with lots of quirky characters. BLM biologist Tom finds the body of a kooky local buried in the sand in one of his plots. Tom quickly decides that this landscape is unlikely to develop quicksand and that there is some funny business going on. While completing his fieldwork, Tom plays detective to figure out what really happened. This is my March book of reading one book I own each month. This one is a keeper--at least until I lend it to my botanist friends.

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Quicksand Plot" by C.F. Button had a real feel of the west to it. The mystery was interestingly convoluted. Two losers murdered in the Arizona desert. Why? The sleuth is a Bureau of Land Management biologist by the name of Tom. He is out in the desert doing an environment survey with his colleagues. The bodies are kind of in the way of Tom's turtle survey. So Tom gets himself involved and in trouble. Good plot. Fun story.

[Wendy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great story taken from experiences of a BLM Botanist. Entertaining and great read.

[Angela · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is pretty interesting, but slow in spots, it's taken me a long time to get through it. I bought a copy and had it signed, he is a local author.