Following on the critical success of her debut Ben Pecos Mystery,The Pumpkin Seed Massacre, Susan Slater returns to the pueblos of New Mexicowith Yellow Lies.

Salvadore Zuni is a master carver of tradtional fetishes. He is alsoa cheat. He makes synthetic amber that rivals anything to be found innature. He even sticks the bugs inside. His recipe is worth a fortune, andsomeone is after it. Someone who is willing to kill and use the spirits ofthe tribes to drive Salvadore out of his mind and into prision for a murderhe did not commit.

When Ben Pecos, the new resident Indian Health ServicesPsychologist, arrives at the pueblo, he finds himself caught up in theinvestigation of the murder of a trader in native artifacts and fetishes.Sal is arrested for the crime. But something smells odd to Ben, and as hebegins to investigate, he treads deeper into the mystic and the list ofsuspects grows longer. Was it Hannah, the vampish keeper of the boardinghouse in which they all dwell? Her son, a huge, developmentally challengedboy with the nickname .22 for the size of the firearm used by his father tocelebrate his birth? Could it have been Ben's own boss?

Masterfully plotted and rich with the spirit and characteristics ofthe Soutwest, Yellow Lies shows Susan Slater to be at the top of her form.

Genre: Mystery