Quicksand Plot

The city of Phoenix is growing like a cancer. The Bureau of Land Management is trading land to make room for growth. Bankers, developers, and lawyers are making fortunes. Then some small-time miners cook up a scam to get their cut of the action and all hell breaks loose in the desert. When Tom Kreuger, a BLM wildlife biologist, finds a lunatic miner buried in sand and partly eaten by javelina, he soon uncovers a quicksand plot. Then a co-worker disappears, and another body turns up in a plane wreck. Gold mines, aliens, water theft, and conspiracy theories abound. Tom is in over his head and doesn't know it. "Author Clair Button draws you into the lives of his characters, some who could easily be your neighbors, co-workers or that quirky fellow down the street. .just enough humor to break up the nail-biting suspense. I love it when a book makes me think beyond the pages " -- Debby Schoeningh - News Editor/The Record-Courier