Moonscape - (Nellie Burns and Moonshine Mystery) by Julie Weston (Paperback)

About the Book

Sheriff Azgo recruits Nellie Burns to be his official photographer. Three people have gone missing in Craters of the Moon, and the search party struggles to overcome the challenges of this treacherous landscape.

Book Synopsis

Nellie Burns and her faithful Labrador dog, Moonshine, leap into trouble-this time in Craters of the Moon in southwest Idaho.

Sheriff Asteguigoiri recruits Nellie Burns to accompany him to the lava fields as his official photographer. Three people have gone missing in the treacherous landscape, according to Tom, the mayor of a nearby town. Marked on maps for years as "unexplored" and "unknown," the miles of lava resist easy navigation as well as Nell's photographic efforts. Rosy Kipling-the one-eyed miner and Nell's friend-returns to Ketchum with his sons, and is enlisted along with Mayor Tom to assist in the search. In finding one of the missing persons, concerns arise about the questionable practices of a nearby religious group.

The efforts of Nell and the team yield unusual results-including large sums of money-while the Craters claim more victims in dark and mysterious caves, lava tubes, and spatter cones. Leather shields protect Moonshine's paws from a'a lava and abrasive cinders, but physical obstacles as well as secrets and lies, cult trappings, and consuming greed endanger the lives and limbs of all. Whether from accident or intentional injury, the members of the search party struggle to overcome the challenges of this remote and almost inaccessible natural phenomenon. And Nell faces the most serious attempt yet on her sanity and her life.

Review Quotes

"Weston's third Nellie Burns & Moonshine Mystery (Moonshadows; Basque Moon) is set in a still untamed 1920s Idaho, which is as much a character in this novel as any of its human protagonists.... This mystery should flourish..."

-Library Journal

"Julie Weston weaves a story as mysterious and captivating as the Craters of the Moon landscapes she evokes with her words."

-Ann Parker, bestselling author of A Dying Note