num_pages: 288
description: Ever since Roberta “Bert” Lenehan began volunteering for Cape Lookout National Park, she’s been hearing stories about the wild mustangs of Shackleford Banks—that the ponies are descendants of horses who escaped from Spanish galleons shipwrecked along the Outer Banks. Now she’s on her way to the January roundup of the herd on the isolated island. But her elation is quickly shattered when a small foal she befriends against regulations goes missing. Not only is he missing, there are no records he ever existed and she’s the only one who remembers seeing him. Bert finds the foal, but at the same time a fellow worker is discovered dead in the dunes and the foal vanishes once again. Certain that the two events are connected, Bert probes into the history of the unique breed. In the meantime, Bert’s deepening relationship with her boyfriend, park ranger, Hunter O’Hagan, runs into trouble. Hunter is being pressured because he believes the offshore dredging for a multi-million dollar beach nourishment project is causing the turtle deaths. A nor’easter threatens and the well-being of the herd is used as leverage to allow the dredging to resume. When a shocking discovery takes Hunter from the island and yet another roundup worker is killed, Bert is left alone to protect the herd and find the murderer. 
language: English
title: Bloodlines of Shackleford Banks
titlecomplete: Bloodlines of Shackleford Banks
genres: Mystery
ratings_count: 27
publisher: John F. Blair, Publisher