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Attending the Yaqui tribe’s Easter ceremonies in Tucson should have been a dream come true for a Cheyenne wannabe shaman like Mad Dog. But, Mad Dog is accused of being a witch. Moments later, a policeman is murdered and Mad Dog is blamed. Mad Dog’s niece, Heather English, a part-time deputy for her father in Kansas, combs Tucson’s mean streets to arrange a peaceful surrender or to clear her uncle’s name by finding the real killer. Meanwhile, someone has blown Mad Dog’s house off the face of the Great Plains. Sheriff English investigates that crime and acts as a long-distance go-between for Arizona law enforcement and his daughter and brother. Is this crime somehow linked to Mad Dog’s recent activity with an online role-playing game?
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"The usual good mystery within the goofiness of the series! "
— Sharon (4 out of 5 stars)
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“The crimes, connected by the hypnotic War of Worldcraft computer game, ensure headlong pace and wrenching plot twists, but the book’s real strength is the way it depicts computer gaming’s destruction of the player’s ability to distinguish between reality and fantasy, with such actual consequences as election fixing and police corruption.”
— Publishers Weekly -
“Full of outrageous humor and a plot that will leave even the most jaded readers demanding more, Hayes’s latest gives Janet Evanovich a run for the wackiest characters and most bizarre plots in crime fiction.”
— Library Journal (starred review) -
“Readers of this series (Broken Heartland, Prairie Gothic) know that when the English family is involved, nothing is what it appears to be and the outcome is never what anyone expects. Full of outrageous humor and a plot that will leave even the most jaded readers demanding more, Hayes’ latest gives Janet Evanovich a run for the wackiest characters and most bizarre plots in crime fiction.”
— School Library Journal (starred review)
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" We enjoyed listening to this book on the cd. "
— Darlis, 8/8/2013 -
" The usual good mystery within the goofiness of the series! "
— Sharon, 1/7/2013 -
" Not as good as the first one but I still liked it. "
— Normalene, 7/15/2012 -
" The mystery part pretty good, but I did not care for all of the gaming references. I don't have an avatar, and probably never will. Lots of violence described graphically. "
— Kitty, 3/22/2012 -
" A good quick mystery, but too many characters and a lot of the action is unbelievable. "
— Dad, 11/6/2011 -
" Hayes brought in online gaming and tied the plot to election rigging. I have to confess that I reached a certain point where I just jumped to the end to get the shake down on this one--running out of steam on my mystery phase, not really that the book wasn't good to read. "
— Wileyacez, 8/19/2011 -
" A good quick mystery, but too many characters and a lot of the action is unbelievable. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> "
— Dad, 8/14/2009 -
" The mystery part pretty good, but I did not care for all of the gaming references. I don't have an avatar, and probably never will. Lots of violence described graphically. "
— Kitty, 7/15/2009
About J. M. Hayes
J. M. Hayes was born and raised on the flat earth of central Kansas where his Mad Dog & Englishman series takes place. He graduated from Wichita State University and did postgraduate work at the University of Arizona. He shares a home in Tucson with his wife, two computers, four thousand or so books, two German Shepherds, and a Scottish “Terror.”
About Lloyd James
Lloyd James (a.k.a. Sean Pratt) has been a working professional actor in theater, film, television, and voice-overs for more than thirty years. He has narrated over one thousand audiobooks and won numerous Earphones Awards and nominations for the Audie Award and the Voice Arts Award. He holds a BFA degree in acting from Santa Fe University, New Mexico.