![]() ![]() The book doesn’t have the riveting quality of a Bourne movie, by any means, but Camarda’s compassionate characterization and steady investigative logic are intriguing and worth pursuing for thoughtful fans of international thrillers. There’s little action here, but the writing is solid and it’s obvious the well-travelled author knows these cultures and draws on influences from a variety of iconic sources, not least Arabian folklore. While Garcia and Cerone are the main characters, they also bring in the FBI, Interpol, white hat hackers and other good guys to combat, among other villains, a completely guilt-free terrorist, an Egyptian assassin, and a conflicted sheik, not all of whom face punishment in the end. The poor farmers requested the passerby city dwellers to stop at their roadside stalls and buy something so that they too get a chance to earn their living. This is a talkative but very readable police procedural. The bad guys are from the Middle East, with the vortex of the conspiracy based in Dubai, in the relatively liberal United Arab Emirates. While this is human trafficking, it’s a pleasant surprise to find that these young women aren’t being kidnapped for prostitution, but something more altruistic. It would be a spoiler to explain the plot in full, but the central conspiracy involves something called the Saqr Network, which identifies brilliant Western female students for a very specific cause. Their new case involves two bright college students, Paz de la Cruz and her friend Frankie Fontana, who have disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Now the American investigator has been seconded to the Spanish police force under the umbrella of the FBI, and the two have become lovers, as well as investigative partners. Rhoades, a former truck driver, is believed to have equipped the cab of his. Secret Service agent Gene “Gino” Cerone met when they investigated the mysterious death of Gino’s beloved sister in a roadside accident. Rhoades travels are the subject of a book, Roadside Prey, by Alva Busch. But Jim Landenberger’s meticulously detailed paintings go a long way toward conveying the remarkable beauty of the American kestrel and other falcons, the grace of the swallow-tailed kite, the immaculate mystery of the snowy owl and its fellow owls, the glistening head feathers of an adult bald eagle, and the piercing defiance so characteristic of our larger hawks.When two college students, both daughters of prominent, influential parents, are kidnapped in the Middle East, the American detective and Spanish policeman who headlined author Len Camarda’s The Seventh Treasure use every resource possible to unearth these young ladies’ location and unravel their strange situation.Ĭaptain Mercedes Garcia of the Spanish National Police Force and former U.S. There can be no substitute for seeing thousands of broad-winged hawks soaring high overhead during migration, a great horned owl perching in silhouette at dusk, or a Cooper’s hawk plunging toward its prey along the roadside. roadside ditch, one piece every couple of miles. Can you add one Subjects Fiction, general Showing one featured edition. The recent spectacular recovery of the bald eagle, whose nests had vanished from the state for seventy years, is particularly encouraging. Hed learned that if he read the novel on paper, he could more easily spot problems. Roadside Prey by Alva Bush 0 Ratings 6 Want to read 1 Currently reading 0 Have read Overview View 1 Edition Details Reviews Lists Related Books Publish Date JanuPublisher Pinnacle Language English Pages 320 This edition doesn't have a description yet. Although Iowa unfortunately leads the way in the amount of wildlife habitat that has been destroyed, conservation organizations and state agencies have also led the way toward successful raptor restoration projects, among them a roadside nest box program for the American kestrel, a project to restore peregrine falcons to their historic eyries, and a relocation program that should ensure a sustainable population of ospreys. Thanks to state and federal laws and a shift in public attitude, birds of prey are no longer seen as incarnations of ferocity but as creatures superbly attuned to their lives and surroundings. Four naturalists who have devoted their lives to conserving wilderness habitats and species have written essays to complement the paintings. This long-awaited collection of James Landenberger’s paintings of Iowa birds of prey presents thirty-two full-page, full-color species, from the common turkey vulture to the red-shouldered hawk of Mississippi River woodlands to the little northern saw-whet owl. In The Raptors of Iowa, artist and authors have given to all who are interested in midwestern birds a book that will set the standard for years to come.' -J. Now, with our better understanding of the raptors' ecological importance and of their perilous future, a wheeling red-tail against the sun is something to cherish, not kill. 'To pioneer homesteaders, a hawk in the sky was reason to reach for a gun. Stravers, Bruce Ehresman, Rich Patterson. ![]()
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