By: Merline Lovelace
Samantha Spade Mystery #1
Genre: Mystery Woman Sleuth
Berkley Prime Crime
November 1, 2009
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Featuring: Samantha Spade; Jeff Mitchell
240 pages
ISBN: 0425231186
EAN: 9780425231180
Paperback
Book Summary
USAF Lieutenant Samantha Spade and her techies try out the latest gizmos for the military. On a test run with the Ergonomic Exoskeleton Extension (EEEK), Sam stumbles over two dead bodies in the desert. With the help of handsome Border Patrol Agent Jeff Mitchell, Sam must unravel a cover-up involving an illegal arms deal.
USAF Lieutenant Samantha Spade and her team of techies spend their time testing the latest gizmos and gadgets for the military. The Ergonomic Exoskeleton Extension -- more fondly known as EEK -- allows a person to slip inside a lightweight metal from and have a robot's strength, speed, and vision capabilities. But the enhanced vision doesn't hlep when Sam stumbles over tow dead bodies on a 2 A.M. test run.
Later, she learns from handsome but gruff Border Patrol agent Jeff "Mitch" Mitchell that one of the dead men is a former U.S. soldier-turned-arms dealer -- and that his death may be part of an elaborate cover-up. Sam joins forces with Mitch to unravel the mystery, but when her high-tech lab is torched sh realizes that someone is turning up the heat. Too bad they've underestimated Sam Spade's courage under fire...