The Miwok Eagles are a set of 1849 ten-dollar gold coins that
become part of a bold con game mounted by an international
counterfeiter named Fritz Boehmer. Miwok Indians in the San
Francisco Bay Area accepted coins like these as payment for some of
their land in the 19th Century. Boehmer plans to steal the coins
from a San Francisco coin evaluator named Mirza Tarkanian,
publicize their disappearance to drive up their value, and offer
copies of them for sale. David Moore, co-owner of the Rothmore
Security Agency, is trying to hold his swing shift of some fifty
widely spread guard posts together when the theft of the Eagles
takes place. The theft and resultant death of the coin dealer's
nephew are partly his fault because he is late posting a guard to
coin dealer Mirza Tarkanian, who frequently uses Moore's security
agency when he is moving valuable coins from one place to another.
The Miwok Eagles belong to Bess Carman, wealthy and influential
owner of a ranch near San Francisco. Tracing the crime to her
ranch, Moore begins to unravel the method of the criminals and
reveal two murders tied to the crime. He has the help of a female
archeologist who is studying Miwok village sites on the ranch. Her
name is Kelly Raphael, and she too is disturbed by the activities
of Bess Carman's visitors, especially when a servant goes missing.
The search for evidence of murder takes Moore on a night hike to a
site on the ranch where he finds buried in a dry stream bed, a
crucible, a clean and carefully wrapped rifle, and the odor of a
body which he has no time to exhume. Moore's efforts to uncover the
plot lead him into deadly encounters when he becomes the target of
one of the counterfeiters.
General
| Imprint: |
Authorhouse
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
December 2009 |
| First published: |
December 2009 |
| Authors: |
Barry Smith
|
| Dimensions: |
152 x 229 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - With printed dust jacket / With dust jacket
|
| Pages: |
212 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4490-5140-2 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Adventure / thriller >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-4490-5140-5 |
| Barcode: |
9781449051402 |
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