Desert Jade: Southwest mystery-thriller with a great cast of characters

$14.99 Paperback

If your looking for an American mystery-thriller set in a place other than the usual suspects—New York City, Washington, D.C., Boston, and LA, you might enjoy Desert Jade by C. J. Shane.

Set in Tuscon, Arizona, local private investigator and Iraq war veteran Letty Valdez joins forces with an unlikely ally, a Chinese cop named Zhou Liang Wei. Together the pair works against the clock to stop Chinese Triad gangsters operating south of the border, solve a mysterious disappearance, and rescue three abducted young women caught up in a human trafficking scheme. This one has it all, mystery, suspense, and thrills, all set in the Sonoran Desert of the American Southwest.

Desert Jade, the debut novel in the Letty Valdez Mystery series by C. J. Shane, is available in hardcover, trade paperback, and as an eBook at Amazon and other booksellers. The novel has an average rating by Amazon reviewers of 4.7 out of 5 stars.