A Spider Latham mystery.

Book by Adair, Liz

I know there was a problem with the mine at Snakewater," said Jade. "It wasn't as profitable as Dad thought it should be, and he sent Stan up to investigate." "And what did Stan say?" asked Spider. "I don't know. He never came back. The police say that he got on the plane to come home, but he never picked up his luggage when he landed. He disappeared." <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> Something is fishy at Brick Termain Enterprises, and Spider Latham has been hired to figure it out. Did the regional manager run off, or did something more sinister happen to him? You'll love this latest mystery from Liz Adair! style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> Author s Bio Liz Adair graduated from Arizona State College with a Bachelor of Science in Education.style="mso-spacerun: yes"> She taught for several years, becoming a reading specialist. The author of two previous Spider Latham novels, The Lodger and After Goliath, she has also run a specialty wholesale bakery and been a full-time wife and mother to her husband, Derrill, and their seven children.style="mso-spacerun: yes"> The Adairs live in Ferndale, Washington. style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">

When Deputy Sheriff turned private investigator Spider Latham is sent to help the Red Pueblo Museum, he doesn’t suspect it will cause a rift between his wife, Laurie, and himself. Museum Director Martin Taylor is desperate, and his son Matt is angry. Some unknown person is bent on destroying the museum financially and is about to succeed. Things turn violent. It ends with someone’s skull bashed in with an Anasazi ax, and everyone has motive for the murder. Can Spider untangle the web of secrecy and lies surrounding the museum before the Taylors lose it all? And in the process, can he save his own marriage?

"Liz Adair . . . captures the mystery and splendor of the red rock country and modern spirit of the west. In a style similar to that of Tony Hillerman ... she mixes a solid mystery with a modern western." Meridian Magazine Spider Latham finds himself at loose ends. No longer a deputy, he's not sure where he fits in. Then an eminent scientist falls to his death from the cliffs above town. The circumstances are suspicious—and all those with a motive for murder are houseguests of the Latham's. It's Deputy Sheriff Toby Flint's case, but as everyone knows, Deputy Flint couldn't detect his way out of a paper bag. Helping him, Spider finds himself up to his neck in conjectures and clues until someone knocks him out and dumps him into Peek-a-boo Canyon dudring a rainstorm. Then he's up to his neck in water. Feverishly working with Toby, Spider's intent on unsnarling the mystery before someone—one of his houseguests?—makes another try on his life.