In a debut novel by David Sundstrand, a multiracial Bureau of Land Management officer stumbles into a deadly battle between poachers, pranksters, and bikers in the canyons of the Mojave Desert. The loner antagonist and evocative descriptions of the stark Californian landscape will appeal to readers of Nevada Barr and Joseph Heywood, though in the spectrum of crime novels Shadow of the Raven falls into the suspense category rather than the whodunit. Sundstrand's soft-spoken, malevolently intelligent biker gang leader deserves a spot in the villain hall of fame. -- János.
Request Shadow of the Raven from the Saint Paul Public Library.
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