Artifacts of Death: A Murder Mystery in Utah's Canyon Country
"Artifacts of Death is a riveting read of desert drama and mystery, very much recommended." -- The Midwest Book Review"In the first of the Manny Rivera Mystery series, a collection of rare, valuable Native American pottery leads to deceit and murder...following along with the deputy is utterly absorbing and gratifying...Perceptive storytelling energized by an admirable protagonist and refined prose. Curtin's descriptions of arid Moab are poetic." --Kirkus ReviewsAuthor Rich Curtin's soft-spoken crime-solver Manny Rivera stands tall in the world of detective fiction. Rivera is smart, honest and skilled at taking a hodgepodge of clues and suspects and figuring out who did it and why. As a bonus, Rivera does his work in some of America's most beautiful country, the sculpted red rocks near Moab, Utah, and the empty landscape beyond.I love this series.---Anne Hillerman, author of the New York Times bestseller "Spider Woman's Daughter," a Jim Chee-Joe Leaphorn mystery