Jon Talton

Cactus Heart (David Mapstone Mysteries) Jon Talton

In 1999 Phoenix, the new millennium is only weeks away. But history professor David Mapstone, just hired by the Sheriff's Office, chases a robber into an abandoned warehouse and discovers a gruesome crime that is six decades old. Mapstone's investigation widens to a Depression-era kidnapping of a cattle baron's grandsons, their bodies never found. And although the kidnapper was caught and executed, Mapstone uncovers evidence that justice was far from done. And then, one of the cattle baron's heirs who is running a Fortune 500 company turns up dead.... A fourth-generation Arizonan, Jon has developed his writing during 20 years as a journalist. He is the author of five David Mapstone mysteries: Concrete Desert, Cactus Heart, Camelback Falls, Dry Heat (2005 Arizona Highways Fiction Award winner) and Arizona Dreams (a 2006 BookSense Pick). www.jontalton.com