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Dan Mahoney, insurance investigator, lands in Tatum, New Mexico where several prize cattle on the famed Double Horseshoe Ranch have mysteriously died. The claims put a lot of money at stake for Dan's company. But that just scratches the surface of the high jinks afoot in Tatum. And the high stakes. A surprised Dan hadn't counted on witnessing a murder, falling in love, or becoming a pawn of federal agents. It's the flash flood that changes everything as Dan stumbles across secrets that implicate his employer, his sister, and what seems like half of southern New Mexico. Sucked into small town duplicity, he struggles with truth and learns that dead men can come back to haunt.
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About the Author:
Susan Slater is the author of the Ben Pecos series (Pumpkin Seed Massacre, Yellow Lies, and Thunderbird). Flashflood is the first in a new series featuring Dan Mahoney. By day Susan works for a government contractor; by night, she teaches creative writing. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico with Roger and Emma, two Welsh Pembroke Corgis.
Review:
“Slater effectively combines an appealing mix of new and existing characters; beautiful, even mystical, descriptions of northern New Mexico; dry humor; crackling suspense; and a surprise ending.” —Booklist
"Bill Roland Eklund, the owner of the Double Horseshoe Ranch in Tatum, New Mexico lost three heads of cattle over a three-month period. He has filed claims worth over $600,000 with United Life and Casualty but before they remit such a huge some of money, they want to make sure there is no fraud involved so they dispatch Dan Mahoney to find out what is going on at the reach.
Before he reaches the ranch, Dan witnesses a double homicide. When one of the victims, Eric Linden turns up alive, he contacts Dan to tell him that he took the fall for Billy a drug charge and expected two million dollars waiting for him when he got out of prison. Now Eric wants revenge and he intends to find the evidence to give to Dan that will send his former employer to jail for life. Dan has a lot of problems with this scenario including the fact that he likes Billy and is in love with Eric's wife who is divorcing him.
The hero doesn't realize why he is out in the field after years behind a desk, but that doesn't stop him from solving the case in a very unique manner, helping the FBI find the real drug dealer and falling for his sister's best friend. Though relationships make solving the case harder on Dan's conscience, the story line is exciting and action packed. Susan Slater's new series is compelling and will lead the audience to want to read the next installment as soon as possible." -Harriet Klausner
“Flash Flood is a modern mystery of the Southwest. Dan Mahoney, an ace insurance investigator, is asked for by name to delve into the purportedly Alien vivisection of a prize cow, and several other unfortunate happenings to other very expensive breeding stock owned by a powerful cattleman good-ol’-boy. He gets more than he bargains for when he witnesses an apparent murder, falls in love with an elegant lady, and becomes an unwilling pawn of Federal agents. All the action centers around a sudden flash flood which is used as an apparent murder weapon and the cattle baron, who is more than and less than he seems.
This author has the ability to make a story come alive with sparkle and realism. Her characters are excellent, the plot is twisty without being convoluted, and the setting sucks the reader right inside the story. This is a definite page-turner and rates five hearts.” –Heartland Reviews
"The troubles build like thunderheads over New Mexico skies for insurance investigator Dan Mahoney in Slater's ambitious and entertaining new series debut. Dan has to look into the claims of cattle baron Billy Roland Eklund, owner of the Double Horseshoe Ranch, who's lost three calves in three months, each insured for $250,000-enough to make Dan's employers hysterical. Then a shooting and a flash flood that sweep away an ex-con who used to pilot for Billy Roland push Dan's investigation into other channels. Billy Roland, who's rich, exuberant and a better judge of cattle than of women, is just one of several strongly drawn characters. Dan's sister, Carolyn, is as ambitious and driven as her politically active husband, Phillip Ainsworth, and perhaps deadlier; Billy Roland's trophy wife, Iris, knows precisely what her assets are and how to exploit them. When insurance fraud, drug smuggling, voodoo and murder muddy the waters, Dan finds himself manipulated or coerced not only by the many suspects but also by a couple of federal agents. The plots and subplots almost seem too much for one story....Nonetheless, Dan Mahoney is an appealingly resilient character, a welcome addition to the roster of sleuths that make the Southwest a hotbed of current mystery fiction."-Publishers Weekly
"Eric Linden anticipates the huge payoff he’ll receive in Tatum. NM, for taking the fall in a drug-smuggling operation. He reaches the town but presumably dies in a flash flood after being shot at and pursued. Dan Mahoney, investigating a powerful cattleman’s insurance claim, finds Linden’s car and gets a glimpse of a certain bank account number. Before long, he’s also investigating Linden and his connection to the cattleman for the FBI. This fascinating plot grows thicker with the addition of Linden’s lovely “widow,” the cattleman’s seductive wife, and the reappearance of Linden himself. This absorbing new series from the author of the Ben Pecos books will appeal to readers who enjoy mysteries with a Southwestern setting."--Library Journal
"Sent by United Life and Casualty to tiny Tatum, New Mexico, to investigate wealthy Billy Roland Eklund’s six-figure claims for the death of three of his most highly prized cattle, private eye Dan Mahoney arrives at the Double Horseshoe Ranch just in time for the flreworks. First is the flash flood that'll probably be the basis for Billy Rowland’s next claim against United Life. The following morning, Dan is present when a car he saw being hotly pursued by the local sheriff at the height of the storm is pulled from the muck with ex-con Eric Linden’s current girlfriend inside. Still missing is attorney/pilot Eric, who’d been released from prison the day before after agreeing to serve seven years for drug-running in return for the $2 million payoff promised by BiIly Roland’s lawyer. Soon thereafter, Dan’s a witness along with dozens of others when a well-insured Double Horseshoe bull drops dead at a cattle show. And there are fireworks on the home front as well. Visiting his politically connected sister Carolyn 90 miles away in Roswell, Dan is introduced to Professor Elaine Linden, and to her bed, before he realizes she’s Eric’s not-quite-divorced widow—-and that a pair of local FBI agents suspicious of both Eric and Billy Roland will insist that he continue his affair wearing a wire.
There’ll be much, much more, with whispers of everything from alien experiments to voodoo, before Slater (Thunderbird, not reviewed, etc.) closes out this lively, surprising, overstuffed case, first of a series with one eye on Don Winslow's California Fire and Life."-Kirkus Reviews
"Bill Roland Eklund, the owner of the Double Horseshoe Ranch in Tatum, New Mexico lost three heads of cattle over a three-month period. He has filed claims worth over $600,000 with United Life and Casualty but before they remit such a huge some of money, they want to make sure there is no fraud involved so they dispatch Dan Mahoney to find out what is going on at the reach.
Before he reaches the ranch, Dan witnesses a double homicide. When one of the victims, Eric Linden turns up alive, he contacts Dan to tell him that he took the fall for Billy a drug charge and expected two million dollars waiting for him when he got out of prison. Now Eric wants revenge and he intends to find the evidence to give to Dan that will send his former employer to jail for life. Dan has a lot of problems with this scenario including the fact that he likes Billy and is in love with Eric's wife who is divorcing him.
The hero doesn't realize why he is out in the field after years behind a desk, but that doesn't stop him from solving the case in a very unique manner, helping the FBI find the real drug dealer and falling for his sister's best friend. Though relationships make solving the case harder on Dan's conscience, the story line is exciting and action packed. Susan Slater's new series is compelling and will lead the audience to want to read the next installment as soon as possible." -Harriet Klausner
“Flash Flood is a modern mystery of the Southwest. Dan Mahoney, an ace insurance investigator, is asked for by name to delve into the purportedly Alien vivisection of a prize cow, and several other unfortunate happenings to other very expensive breeding stock owned by a powerful cattleman good-ol’-boy. He gets more than he bargains for when he witnesses an apparent murder, falls in love with an elegant lady, and becomes an unwilling pawn of Federal agents. All the action centers around a sudden flash flood which is used as an apparent murder weapon and the cattle baron, who is more than and less than he seems.
This author has the ability to make a story come alive with sparkle and realism. Her characters are excellent, the plot is twisty without being convoluted, and the setting sucks the reader right inside the story. This is a definite page-turner and rates five hearts.” –Heartland Reviews
"The troubles build like thunderheads over New Mexico skies for insurance investigator Dan Mahoney in Slater's ambitious and entertaining new series debut. Dan has to look into the claims of cattle baron Billy Roland Eklund, owner of the Double Horseshoe Ranch, who's lost three calves in three months, each insured for $250,000-enough to make Dan's employers hysterical. Then a shooting and a flash flood that sweep away an ex-con who used to pilot for Billy Roland push Dan's investigation into other channels. Billy Roland, who's rich, exuberant and a better judge of cattle than of women, is just one of several strongly drawn characters. Dan's sister, Carolyn, is as ambitious and driven as her politically active husband, Phillip Ainsworth, and perhaps deadlier; Billy Roland's trophy wife, Iris, knows precisely what her assets are and how to exploit them. When insurance fraud, drug smuggling, voodoo and murder muddy the waters, Dan finds himself manipulated or coerced not only by the many suspects but also by a couple of federal agents. The plots and subplots almost seem too much for one story....Nonetheless, Dan Mahoney is an appealingly resilient character, a welcome addition to the roster of sleuths that make the Southwest a hotbed of current mystery fiction."-Publishers Weekly
"Eric Linden anticipates the huge payoff he’ll receive in Tatum. NM, for taking the fall in a drug-smuggling operation. He reaches the town but presumably dies in a flash flood after being shot at and pursued. Dan Mahoney, investigating a powerful cattleman’s insurance claim, finds Linden’s car and gets a glimpse of a certain bank account number. Before long, he’s also investigating Linden and his connection to the cattleman for the FBI. This fascinating plot grows thicker with the addition of Linden’s lovely “widow,” the cattleman’s seductive wife, and the reappearance of Linden himself. This absorbing new series from the author of the Ben Pecos books will appeal to readers who enjoy mysteries with a Southwestern setting."--Library Journal
"Sent by United Life and Casualty to tiny Tatum, New Mexico, to investigate wealthy Billy Roland Eklund’s six-figure claims for the death of three of his most highly prized cattle, private eye Dan Mahoney arrives at the Double Horseshoe Ranch just in time for the flreworks. First is the flash flood that'll probably be the basis for Billy Rowland’s next claim against United Life. The following morning, Dan is present when a car he saw being hotly pursued by the local sheriff at the height of the storm is pulled from the muck with ex-con Eric Linden’s current girlfriend inside. Still missing is attorney/pilot Eric, who’d been released from prison the day before after agreeing to serve seven years for drug-running in return for the $2 million payoff promised by BiIly Roland’s lawyer. Soon thereafter, Dan’s a witness along with dozens of others when a well-insured Double Horseshoe bull drops dead at a cattle show. And there are fireworks on the home front as well. Visiting his politically connected sister Carolyn 90 miles away in Roswell, Dan is introduced to Professor Elaine Linden, and to her bed, before he realizes she’s Eric’s not-quite-divorced widow—-and that a pair of local FBI agents suspicious of both Eric and Billy Roland will insist that he continue his affair wearing a wire.
There’ll be much, much more, with whispers of everything from alien experiments to voodoo, before Slater (Thunderbird, not reviewed, etc.) closes out this lively, surprising, overstuffed case, first of a series with one eye on Don Winslow's California Fire and Life."-Kirkus Reviews
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- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0743479599
- ISBN 13 9780743479592
- BindingPaperback
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