Megan Montoya has come to New Mexico with her daughter, Lizzie, to begin a career in photography. One morning she opens her newspaper and five jagged stones clatter to the floor. A jeweler identifies them as emeralds, and an attractive archeologist believes they might be the legendary emerald arrowheads used by the Pima Indians four centuries ago to lure away the Spaniards. Megan’s paperboy goes missing, and her house is searched. Tension escalates as Megan finds her only client is hiding something, and that the man she is falling in love with may have ulterior motives. When Lizzie is kidnapped, Megan becomes embroiled in a separatist plot, bargaining with a cabal’s crazed leader to spare her daughter’s life. Eye of the Mountain God is Penny Rudolph’s fourth crime novel. Combining a cast of maverick characters and nonstop action, she offers a unique and captivating story about one mother’s love and the causes that some people are willing to die, and kill, for.

Eye of the Mountain God: A Thriller

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Rudolph, Penny

Thrillers & Suspense

Thomas Dunne Books

"Rudolph provides a well-crafted plot and satisfying levels of suspense, but what stands out most is Rachel herself―one of the most refreshing new series heroines to wander into the crime genre in quite a while." ―Booklist STARRED review
For Rachel Chavez, every day is a battle with her demons. She only wants to stay sober and keep her recently inherited parking lot in downtown LA financially afloat. But it's a nearly 24/7 job. Then an executive from the nearby water agency is killed by a hit-and-run driver and Rachel spots the car that did the deed in her garage. A few days later her stand-in employee dies of peculiar causes. And Rachel unknowingly becomes tangled in the conniving cross-purposes of California water politics.
When she uncovers evidence of a crime ring, Rachel believes the mystery of the two deaths is solved. But another official is killed, her own father disappears, and it becomes agonizingly clear that the killer is closing in on Rachel.

Thicker Than Blood (Rachel Chavez Mysteries, 1)

Literature & Fiction

United States

Poisoned Pen Press

Rachel Chavez, a recovering alcoholic, owns and lives in an apartment on the top floor of a parking garage in downtown Los Angeles. She leases parking space and the use of the rooftop helicopter pad to nearby businesses.

Lifeblood (Rachel Chavez Mysteries)

Rachel Chavez, a recovering alcoholic, owns and lives in an apartment on the top floor of a parking garage in downtown Los Angeles. She leases parking space and the use of the rooftop helicopter pad to nearby businesses.

Lifeblood (Rachel Chavez Mysteries, 2)

Its 1861 in New Mexico Territory and the Civil War is about to have a startling impact on Matty Summerhayes. Matty hopes her horse ranch will earn enough money so she may return to the East. Then a stranger dies on her land.

Listen to the Mockingbird

"Rudolph provides a well-crafted plot and satisfying levels of suspense, but what stands out most is Rachel herself―one of the most refreshing new series heroines to wander into the crime genre in quite a while." ―Booklist STARRED reviewFor Rachel Chavez, every day is a battle with her demons. She only wants to stay sober and keep her recently inherited parking lot in downtown LA financially afloat. But it's a nearly 24/7 job. Then an executive from the nearby water agency is killed by a hit-and-run driver and Rachel spots the car that did the deed in her garage. A few days later her stand-in employee dies of peculiar causes. And Rachel unknowingly becomes tangled in the conniving cross-purposes of California water politics.When she uncovers evidence of a crime ring, Rachel believes the mystery of the two deaths is solved. But another official is killed, her own father disappears, and it becomes agonizingly clear that the killer is closing in on Rachel.

Rachel Chavez, a recovering alcoholic, owns and lives in an apartment on the top floor of a parking garage in downtown Los Angeles. She leases parking space and the use of the rooftop helicopter pad to nearby businesses. Tough but vulnerable, she is struggling to stay sober and keep her business financially afloat. Horrified when she discovers two unconscious young Mexican boys locked in an apparently abandoned van in the garage, she rushes them to the emergency room. Doctors declare one dead on arrival. The other, dehydrated but alive, is admitted to the hospital. But when Rachel checks back the next day, the Medical Center has no record of either child. Wary of the police because her own checkered past includes a DWI and arrest for drug possession, Rachel’s determination to find an explanation becomes an obsession that meshes with a search for her own Mexican roots, creating a problem in her relationship with her fiancé. Hank, a workaholic water quality engineer, wants to marry her when his divorce finally comes through. But now Rachel isn’t certain marriage is for her. She relies on emotional support from her friends, an eclectic band of misfits and outsiders: Irene, a homeless fortuneteller, Goldie, the big-hearted leader of the late-night cleaning crew of mentally handicapped workers, and Rachel’s dad Marty, a compulsive gambler. She’s delighted when the hospital leases parking space for staff, relieving her of financial worries. But her life doesn’t become easier. It quickly becomes very complicated. And dangerous.  

Murder, the Civil War, a lost gold mine, Voodoo, and one woman's compelling secret...

Listen To the Mockingbird

Genre Fiction

Zumaya Pubns

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Eye of the Mountain God: A Thriller

Thicker Than Blood (Rachel Chavez Mysteries, 1)

Thicker Than Blood (Rachel Chavez Mysteries, 1)

Lifeblood (Rachel Chavez Mysteries)

Lifeblood (Rachel Chavez Mysteries, 2)

Listen to the Mockingbird

Thicker Than Blood (Rachel Chavez Mysteries, 1)

Lifeblood (Rachel Chavez Mysteries, 2)

Listen To the Mockingbird