ISBN: 0-88739-370-5
224 pp.
Size: 6 x 9
Pub Date: 3/2002
Paperback Original
Price: $14.95
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Guardian, The
A Samantha Roberts Mystery
Daniel J. Bowen
A power hungry CEO and a young pediatrician face off in this tale of corporate power, corruption, murder, and greed.
Dr. Samantha Roberts has just finished her last hectic, stressful year of residency and is looking forward to a quieter life in an established medical practice. But her new job takes her to a town in the mountainous desert of Nevada, where she stumbles upon a secret that will threaten everything she's worked so hard to build-her career, her family, and, ultimately, her life.
Miles Stanford, CEO of Southwestern Electric, must reduce rates and increase profits if his company is going to survive deregulation. He increases the plant's production of nuclear power, but soon all the available storage space for waste is filled. Stanford orders construction of a storage facility deep inside a desert mountain that local Native Americans call The Guardian, he keeps the project a secret, knowing it will be controversial.
When Sam discovers two cases of cancer in children living near the mountain, a whistle-blower at Southwestern tells her about the secret storage facility...and about recent attempts on his own life. In the dark game of cat and mouse that follows, Samantha isn't sure who-or where-the cat is.
Bio: DANIEL J. BOWEN worked as a corporate copyeditor for a multi-billion dollar company, before becoming a full-time stay-at-home dad. Despite numerous awards for writing and designing, his most coveted titles are father and husband. Currently at work on another Samantha Roberts mystery, he lives in Oklahoma City with his pediatrician wife and two daughters.
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