A 96,000 word mystery/suspense novel by Ann Charles.
When Claire's grandfather and his army buddies converge in the Arizona desert, it's her thankless job to keep them out of trouble with the opposite sex. But when she finds a human leg bone and partners with a reluctant geotechnician to dig up secrets from the past, trouble finds her. She's losing her heart. Worse, if she doesn't stop digging, she could lose her life.
Mystery:
“This isn’t just any old bone. It’s a human leg bone.”
—Claire Morgan
Romance:
“Claire, if I don’t see you naked soon, I’m going to
lose my mind. On second thought, lose the clothes and keep the tool belt.”
—Mac Garner
Comedy:
“So I told Fanny it’s only a heat rash, but she still wouldn’t
touch it.” —Chester Thomas
Suspense:
“If you have an ounce of sense in that foolish little brain of yours,
you’d scuttle back to whatever hole you crawled out of. You seem
to forget that you’re a stranger in a strange land—my land.”—Sophy
Wheeler