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Frank Carver & Ginny Trask Mysteries #1
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Blood Leaves A Deadly Trail
Tired of the violence of big-city crime, former narcotics agent Frank Carver trades the streets of Seattle for the penny-ante stuff of Oregon's Neskanie National Forest. Work is wonderfully, refreshingly dull for the forest's new law enforcement officer. No shootings. No bodies. No murders.
Until the corpse of Nino Alvarez, an immigrant worker, is found in the woods by fire dispatcher Ginny Trask. Ginny, in light of her connections in the area, is soon deputized by Frank.
Something fishy is going on at Holiday Acres, an enormous Christmas-tree farm Alvarez once managed. Ten thousand dollars is missing. Unsettling visitors from California appear. A prime suspect becomes the second victim. And Ginny's nine-year-old daughter is threatened. It's hardly surprising that the investigation reveals a nightmare of blackmail, illicit passion and secrets explosive enough to kill for...
Tired of the violence of big-city crime, former narcotics agent Frank Carver trades the streets of Seattle for the penny-ante stuff of Oregon's Neskanie National Forest. Work is wonderfully, refreshingly dull for the forest's new law enforcement officer. No shootings. No bodies. No murders.
Until the corpse of Nino Alvarez, an immigrant worker, is found in the woods by fire dispatcher Ginny Trask. Ginny, in light of her connections in the area, is soon deputized by Frank.
Something fishy is going on at Holiday Acres, an enormous Christmas-tree farm Alvarez once managed. Ten thousand dollars is missing. Unsettling visitors from California appear. A prime suspect becomes the second victim. And Ginny's nine-year-old daughter is threatened. It's hardly surprising that the investigation reveals a nightmare of blackmail, illicit passion and secrets explosive enough to kill for...
- GenresMystery
252 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1991
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April 6, 2018
3.5 Stars
A quick read, and a well done debut mystery, that takes place in an Oregon National forest. It had a cozy style to it, then did some searching. Noella Lee Wallingford is her real name, and only wrote one other Frank Carver/Ginny Trask story. Not sure why she gave it up.
A quick read, and a well done debut mystery, that takes place in an Oregon National forest. It had a cozy style to it, then did some searching. Noella Lee Wallingford is her real name, and only wrote one other Frank Carver/Ginny Trask story. Not sure why she gave it up.
September 6, 2024
I liked this book very much because it was about Oregon! It touches all the interesting aspects of Oregon; climate, especially storms and rain; fires; Bigfoot or also known as Sasquatch; rivers and land!🥸
July 3, 2015
Frank Carver is tired of being a big city cop and has moved to a small town in Oregon where he can fish and take it easy and work in a quiet place.
A dispatcher for a fire service discovers a body in a wooded area and Frank is called in to investigate. Ginny is recruited to be his deputy because she knows all the people of the town.
I would have given this book 3.5 stars if I could, and I'll try another.
A dispatcher for a fire service discovers a body in a wooded area and Frank is called in to investigate. Ginny is recruited to be his deputy because she knows all the people of the town.
I would have given this book 3.5 stars if I could, and I'll try another.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews