Picnic in the ruins : a novel /
Petersen, Todd Robert,
Picnic in the ruins : a novel / Todd Robert Petersen. - First edition. - 328 pages ; 23 cm
"Anthropologist Sophia Shepard is researching the impact of tourism on cultural sites in a remote national monument on the Utah-Arizona border when she unexpectedly crosses paths with two small-time criminals. The Ashdown brothers were hired to steal maps from a collector of Native American artifacts, but instead of delivering as promised, the brothers are out to strike it rich. But their ineptitude has alerted the local sheriff to their presence--and forced their employer, a former lobbyist seeking lucrative monument land that may soon be open to energy exploration, to send a fixer to clean up their mess before it upsets her machinations. Sheriff Dalton, following the Ashdowns' trail, soon discovers he's not dealing with a simple burglary--and any hope the sheriff had for peace and quiet is long gone."--Provided by publisher.
9781640093225 1640093222
Women anthropologists--Fiction.
National monuments--Utah--Fiction.
Historic preservation--Fiction.
Criminals--Fiction.
Sheriffs--Fiction.
Utah--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Black humor.
Picnic in the ruins : a novel / Todd Robert Petersen. - First edition. - 328 pages ; 23 cm
"Anthropologist Sophia Shepard is researching the impact of tourism on cultural sites in a remote national monument on the Utah-Arizona border when she unexpectedly crosses paths with two small-time criminals. The Ashdown brothers were hired to steal maps from a collector of Native American artifacts, but instead of delivering as promised, the brothers are out to strike it rich. But their ineptitude has alerted the local sheriff to their presence--and forced their employer, a former lobbyist seeking lucrative monument land that may soon be open to energy exploration, to send a fixer to clean up their mess before it upsets her machinations. Sheriff Dalton, following the Ashdowns' trail, soon discovers he's not dealing with a simple burglary--and any hope the sheriff had for peace and quiet is long gone."--Provided by publisher.
9781640093225 1640093222
Women anthropologists--Fiction.
National monuments--Utah--Fiction.
Historic preservation--Fiction.
Criminals--Fiction.
Sheriffs--Fiction.
Utah--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Black humor.