A field trip ends in disaster when Morgan Iverson falls down a gulley and into a
cold case. She wanted to learn enough geology to keep the family rock shop in
business, but suddenly the only knowledge she needs is how to survive a night in
the mountains. Finding shelter, Morgan stumbles onto a Sasquatch lookalike, and
worse, human remains. It appears the body may be that of Carlee Kruger, who
vanished fifteen years earlier. Carlee’s mother, Gerda, an alcoholic auto
mechanic, asks Morgan to investigate her daughter’s death. Having experienced
similar grief at the loss of her husband, Morgan knows Gerda may never recover
unless she learns what happened to Carlee. Newspaper editor Kurt Willard offers
to help. Then Morgan finds a rare fossil gemstone where she discovered Carlee’s
remains—their first solid clue. Word leaks out to the prospecting community,
sparking a dangerous treasure hunt. As Morgan and Kurt follow clues as
convoluted as the coils on a fossilized ammonite, they suspect the person who
knows what happened fifteen years ago will do anything to keep the truth buried.
**
Review
Angela Rogers from the Misadventures of a First Time Mom blog says:
This is an excellent book and I highly recommend it to anyone who loves mystery books. I am eagerly looking forward to reading the next novel in the series, as well as picking up the first one, Stone Cold Dead.
misadvmom.com/2015/09/book-review-stone-cold-case-by-catherine-dilts/
About the Author
To Catherine Dilts, rock shops are like geodes--both contain hidden treasures inside their plain-as-dirt exteriors. In book one of the Rock Shop Mystery series, amateur sleuth Morgan Iverson's life won't be worth a pile of fossilized dinosaur dung unless she can dig up a killer. In book two, Morgan's discovery of human remains and a rare fossilized gemstone reopens unhealed wounds in a Colorado mountain town as she attempts to solve a Stone Cold Case. Catherine has a day job as an environmental scientist, and enjoys gardening and fishing. Her short fiction appears in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. She is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and the Western Museum of Mining and Industry.
Description:
A field trip ends in disaster when Morgan Iverson falls down a gulley and into a
cold case. She wanted to learn enough geology to keep the family rock shop in
business, but suddenly the only knowledge she needs is how to survive a night in
the mountains. Finding shelter, Morgan stumbles onto a Sasquatch lookalike, and
worse, human remains. It appears the body may be that of Carlee Kruger, who
vanished fifteen years earlier. Carlee’s mother, Gerda, an alcoholic auto
mechanic, asks Morgan to investigate her daughter’s death. Having experienced
similar grief at the loss of her husband, Morgan knows Gerda may never recover
unless she learns what happened to Carlee. Newspaper editor Kurt Willard offers
to help. Then Morgan finds a rare fossil gemstone where she discovered Carlee’s
remains—their first solid clue. Word leaks out to the prospecting community,
sparking a dangerous treasure hunt. As Morgan and Kurt follow clues as
convoluted as the coils on a fossilized ammonite, they suspect the person who
knows what happened fifteen years ago will do anything to keep the truth buried. **
Review
Angela Rogers from the Misadventures of a First Time Mom blog says: This is an excellent book and I highly recommend it to anyone who loves mystery books. I am eagerly looking forward to reading the next novel in the series, as well as picking up the first one, Stone Cold Dead. misadvmom.com/2015/09/book-review-stone-cold-case-by-catherine-dilts/
About the Author
To Catherine Dilts, rock shops are like geodes--both contain hidden treasures inside their plain-as-dirt exteriors. In book one of the Rock Shop Mystery series, amateur sleuth Morgan Iverson's life won't be worth a pile of fossilized dinosaur dung unless she can dig up a killer. In book two, Morgan's discovery of human remains and a rare fossilized gemstone reopens unhealed wounds in a Colorado mountain town as she attempts to solve a Stone Cold Case. Catherine has a day job as an environmental scientist, and enjoys gardening and fishing. Her short fiction appears in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. She is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and the Western Museum of Mining and Industry.