Fatal Refuge: Book Two of the Arizona Thriller Trilogy

The Wild West town of Yuma, Arizona is again the site of murder and mayhem in this present-day thriller, Fatal Refuge. A beautiful but troubled Apache woman, Kim Altaha, her search-and-rescue dog Zayd and psychotherapist friend Allie Davis are embroiled in a set of grisly killings. What happens when a mentally ill woman dubbed the "Peace Poet" and a clinically sane but morally deranged killer meet? Between the pages and among lines of suspense, a romance blooms, a friendship deepens and lives are transformed by cowardly and heroic acts. Action rushes from nearby Kofa National Wildlife Refuge to Yuma Proving Ground, then dashes for the Mexican border while a severed head and top-secret, drone-mounted laser weapons complicate the horror. The Colorado River, an infamous casino, and the Old Town Yuma barrio are unique historic settings for encounters between the players in this intense drama. They keep the action churning and psychological motives emerging until the end when readers will know why as well as "who done it."