: Scott Graham
: Canyon Sacrifice
: Torrey House Press
: 9781937226312
: 1
: CHF 19.70
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: Krimis, Thriller, Spionage
: English
",This riveting series debut showcases Graham's love of nature and archeology, simultaneously interjecting some serious excitement. Graham is to be commended for weaving together several cultures into one story. Recommend to readers who enjoy Tony Hillerman, Nevada Barr, and C.J. Boxs Joe Pickett series.",LIBRARY JOURNAL",Canyon Sacrifice is a terrific debut novel by National Outdoor Book Award winner Scott Graham. Along with archaeologist Chuck Bender, we experience the evocative wonder and amoral beauty of the Grand Canyon while at the same time learning the insideand often frustratingworkings of a contemporary national park. The omnipresence of the ancient Anasazi civilization enriches the atmosphere.",C.J. BOX, New York Times bestselling author of Stone Cold and Breaking Point",The real star of this engrossing mystery novel is the Grand Canyon itself. Scott Graham clearly knows the territory. In addition to some fine plot twists guaranteed to keep you guessing to the end, Graham delivers a glorious portrait of one of the most compelling landscapes on earth, a place that can kill just as easily as it thrills. This is a topnotch read.",WILLIAM KENT KRUEGER, New York Times bestselling author of Tamarack County",One of the most engaging mysteries I've read in a long while! In archaeologist Chuck Bender, Scott Graham has created a flawed, alltoohuman and memorable investigator who had me rooting for him to the end. The setting is magnificent and fascinatingnothing less than the Grand Canyon with its centuriesold secrets. The plot is fastpaced and filled with suspense. Canyon Sacrifice delivers it all and then some.",MARGARET COEL, New York Times bestselling author of Killing Custer",The Anasazi died out long ago. But they come alive again in Scott Graham's riveting novel, Canyon Sacrifice. You'll teeter over the edge of cliffs as you walk the narrow passages these ancient people walked. And just when you feel you've solved the mystery of the kidnapping and the homicides, Graham throws you another curve, logical and making you slap your forehead that you missed the cleverly planted clues. Bring an extralarge bowl of popcorn while you read Sacrifice in one sitting.",C.M. WENDELBOE, author of Death on the Greasy Grass",In this gripping, imaginative mystery set in Grand Canyon National Park, ancient Anasazi culture collides with the modern world in the most unexpected of ways. Like Tony Hillerman, Scott Graham uses his deep knowledge of the region to fashion a thrilling, compulsively readable story.",FRANK HUYLER, author of The Blood of Strangers",As unpredictable and twisty as a switchback trail plummeting into its depths, Graham's thriller sucks you into the mysteries of the canyon and the story of an unsuspecting family whose lives will never be the same.",TED BOTHA, author of The Girl With the Crooked Nose",Graham deftly weaves a firstrate mystery through the caves and canyons and winding roads of the Grand Canyon. If you've been, you'll immediately be drawn into the story. If you've never been, this may be your motivation to buy the ticket! I can't wait to read which national park he tackles next!",TRICIA FIELDS, Hillerman Prizewinning author of Scratchgravel Road",Rooted in the southwest in both geography and culture, Canyon Sacrifice will hook you early and keep you intrigued to the last page. You'll meet archaeologist and investigator Chuck Bender. You'll laugh with him and at him while you get drawn into the mystery he seeks to solve. Stunning setting, intriguing plot and likeable characters make this debut novel a bookseller's dream.",ANDREA AVANTAGGIO, owner of Maria's Bookshop