{"product_id":"heart-of-the-mustangs-an-arizona-borderlands-mystery-9781951150655","title":"Heart of the Mustangs: An Arizona Borderlands Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"This series is developing nicely - and I'm along for the ride as a forensic botanist helps solve murder in the Arizona borderlands. Loved this western mystery. Really liked this female sleuth. Can't wait for the next one!\" - Marcy Birdweather, Marcy's Musings \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn open-pit mine has blighted a small mountain range in the desert grasslands of southeastern Arizona. Deputy Sheriff Calvin Creede hates what the mine has done to his favorite view, but he has been told to avoid the controversy and stick to law enforcement. All that changes when two individuals associated with the mine are found murdered. In their relentless pursuit of the killer or killers, Creede and his colleagues discover high-level corruption and unearth a dark secret kept hidden for nearly a half-century. In this, their fifth Arizona mystery novel, the authors once again set their story amid the social and environmental issues impacting natural areas in American Southwest and the people living there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBock, Carl:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Carl and Jane Bock are retired Professors of Biology from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Carl received his PhD in Zoology from the University of California at Berkeley, while Jane holds three degrees in Botany, a B.A. from Duke, an M.A. from the University of Indiana, and a PhD from Berkeley. Carl is an ornithologist and conservation biologist. Jane is a plant ecologist and an internationally recognized expert in the use of plant evidence in criminal investigations. She is co-author with David Norris of Forensic Plant Science (Elsevier-Academic Press, 2016). The Bocks have co- authored numerous articles and two books based on their fieldwork in the Southwest: The View from Bald Hill (University of California Press, 2000), and Sonoita Plain: Views from a Southwestern Grassland (with photographs by Stephen Strom; University of Arizona Press, 2005). Now retired from academic life, the Bocks have turned their creative efforts toward fiction writing, and are co-authors of two ongoing mystery series, the Arizona Borderlands Mysteries and the Florida Keys Mysteries, both published by Absolutely Amazing eBooks, a trademark of J. T. Colby \u0026amp; Company, Inc., New York. Today the Bocks divide their time between Colorado and Arizona, mostly fly-fishing, writing, and reading.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBock, Jane:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Carl and Jane Bock are retired Professors of Biology from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Carl received his PhD in Zoology from the University of California at Berkeley, while Jane holds three degrees in Botany, a B.A. from Duke, an M.A. from the University of Indiana, and a PhD from Berkeley. Carl is an ornithologist and conservation biologist. Jane is a plant ecologist and an internationally recognized expert in the use of plant evidence in criminal investigations. She is co-author with David Norris of Forensic Plant Science (Elsevier-Academic Press, 2016). The Bocks have co- authored numerous articles and two books based on their fieldwork in the Southwest: The View from Bald Hill (University of California Press, 2000), and Sonoita Plain: Views from a Southwestern Grassland (with photographs by Stephen Strom; University of Arizona Press, 2005). Now retired from academic life, the Bocks have turned their creative efforts toward fiction writing, and are co-authors of two ongoing mystery series, the Arizona Borderlands Mysteries and the Florida Keys Mysteries, both published by Absolutely Amazing eBooks, a trademark of J. T. Colby \u0026amp; Company, Inc., New York. Today the Bocks divide their time between Colorado and Arizona, mostly fly-fishing, writing, and reading.","brand":"Absolutely Amazing eBooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52039767556370,"sku":"9781951150655","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_23b4ff6a-86b2-4f5c-a471-e74f8d1a1b15.jpg?v=1771412867","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/heart-of-the-mustangs-an-arizona-borderlands-mystery-9781951150655","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}