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A good salary and an all-expenses-paid summer spent a sprawling Arizona ranch is too good a deal for fledgling anthropologist D.J. Abbott to turn down. What does it matter that her rich new employer/benefactor, Hank Hunnicutt, is a certified oddball who is presently funding all manner of off-beat projects, from alien conspiracy studies to a hunt for dragon bones? There's even talk of treasure buried in the nearby mountains, but D.J. isn't going to allow loose speculation -- or the considerable charms of handsome professional treasure hunter Jesse Franklin -- to sidetrack her. Until Hunnicutt suffers a mysterious accident and then vanishes, leaving the weirdos gathered at his spread to eye each other with frightened suspicion. But on a high desert search for the missing millionaire, D.J. is learning things that may not be healthy for her to know. For the game someone is playing here goes far beyond the rational universe -- and it could leave D.J. legitimately dead.… (more)
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The love interest was plausible, the mystery was
So. Summer of the Dragon. Great fun. Nothing deep or taxing or likely to get nominated for an award. DJ is mouthy, with a self-deprecating sense of humour and a love for eating. Tom is an ass and the romantic interest. There's no character development; it's a bit like an episode in an old TV detective show like Hart-to-Hart or similar.
I enjoyed it. I enjoyed it even more because I think I only paid a quarter - maybe .50 for it. It's a book I'll hang on to and read again when I want an adventure with humour and zero angst.
Is Hank alive or dead? If alive, can D.J. and Tom find him in time?
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