A 90,000 word mystery/suspense novel set in the Yucatan by Ann Charles.
Angelica is a down-to-earth archaeologist determined to prove her late mother’s theory; Quint is an inscrutable photojournalist bent on fulfilling a promise to dig up the truth behind an old friend’s mysterious death. Both are trying to unearth secrets in the sweltering Mexican jungle that have been long buried, but an ancient Maya curse threatens to destroy both of them unless they can learn to trust each other enough to make it out of the jungle alive.
Mystery:
“I’m talking about Dr. Hughes. He’s been missing for
twenty years now, you know. And the last time anyone saw him was at this
very site.”—Dr. Juan Garcìa
Romance:
“There’s something going on between us, and I’m not
going anywhere until I do something about it.”—Quint Coleman
Comedy:
“Please, Dad. Don’t start with that whole ‘something
stole my maps of the Temple of the Water Witch, filled my notebooks with
gibberish scrawls, and left a sacrificed wild turkey outside of my tent’
crap again.”—Dr. Angèlica Garcìa
Suspense:
“I don’t know. Ever since we found that curse, things keep
happening that are hard to explain. I just can’t shake the feeling
that we’re in for some serious trouble.”—Dr. Juan Garcìa