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"K Falls finds Venus deep undercover and hot on the trail of ecoterrorists whom she believes are responsible for a spate of dam bombings along the Columbia River. Adding fuel to Venus's fire, her good friend Louie Song disappears in one of the explosions." "Fearing the worst, Venus takes her investigation on the road. If she can track down the criminals responsible for the violence and unearth the secret behind the outbreak of ecoterror, Venus just might be able to come to terms with her own complicated feelings for Louie."--BOOK JACKET.Synopsis
Skye Kathleen Moody's quirky and comely Fish and Wildlife Service Agent Venus Diamond has graced the pages of four previous mysteries, her mission to foil the plans of the environmental evildoers that populate Moody's earth-conscious Pacific Northwest.With her fifth effort Moody has penned a dynamite, ripped-from-the-headlines thriller that pulls its resonance straight from today's increasingly violent environmental confrontations. K Falls finds Venus deep undercover and hot on the trail of eco-terrorists whom she believes are responsible for a spate of dam bombings along the Columbia River. Adding fuel to Venus's fire, her good friend Louie Song disappears in one of the explosions. Fearing the worst, Venus takes her investigation on the road. If she can track down the criminals responsible for the violence and unearth the secret behind the outbreak of eco-terror, Venus just might be able to come to terms with her own complicated feelings for Louie. In K Falls, Skye Kathleen Moody delivers another unpredictable mystery thick with oddball personalities and environmental intrigue.AUTHORBIO: Skye Kathleen Moody, writer, photographer, and former East African bush guide, lives in Seattle, Washington.Editorials
Library Journal
A riveting addition to a fine series.New Orleans Times-Picayune
Moody's mysteries deliver an environmental message with great grace and style . . .Library Journal
When Pacific Northwest eco-terrorists bomb a dam on the Columbia River, a good friend of series heroine Venus Diamond (Habitat) disappears in the explosion. Diamond's search for the perpetrators threatens her with more danger. A riveting addition to a fine series. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.Kirkus Reviews
Fleeing Kettle Falls, Washington, for Astoria, Oregon, Darla Denny lands a job at a bank and a nameless boyfriend. Then someone blows up the bank's safe the one night when it's full of cash, a fact Darla had confided to her "big guy." Since his unexplained absences also coincide with ecoterrorist dam explosions, Darla's not entirely surprised when he takes her away and trains her in explosives and psychological dependency. Meanwhile, the US Fish and Wildlife Department places Agent Louie Song at Priest Rapids Dam to prevent another explosion. When the dam is blown up anyway, Song disappears, and his good friend, Special Agent Venus Diamond (Habitat, 1999, etc.), gets an anonymous tip from frightened Darla and a rotting fish in the mail. Venus takes a leave, ostensibly to join her erring eco-husband, but instead tracks the fish and Darla to Kettle Falls, where Darla and the big guy are staying with Darla's obtuse stepfather and her selfish mother, who's all too frequently on the phone to Fritz Fowler, elusive leader of the self-explanatory Dambusters. In a pointless trailer-trash domestic idyll, Venus goes undercover with Song to infiltrate the big guy's big dam plot. This fine kettle boils over when the president of the US, his Republican opponent, and diverse Kettle Falls conspirators, plus an angry beaver, all converge on Grand Coulee Dam. A fish-counter has an easier job than the poor reader, who must sort out an overabundance of fishy characters, politics, and (bad) poetry.Book Details
Published
July 28, 2001
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pages
352
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780312266097