{"product_id":"drowning-in-the-desert-a-nevada-noir-novel-paperback","title":"Drowning in the Desert: A Nevada Noir Novel - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBernard Schopen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDesert stillness meets the cacophony of Las Vegas.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Norman \"Fats\" Rangle, an ex-deputy sheriff, operates a horse stabling and excursion business with his brother and sister-in-law on their family ranch in the small rural community of Blue Lake, a few hours outside of Las Vegas. By chance, high on a southern Nevada mountain range, Fats discovers the wreckage of a plane that crashed two years earlier. Although he reports his find to the sheriff, he does not disclose that someone had already been to the crash site--evidence that Fats deliberately destroyed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Soon, Fats is tracking back and forth between Las Vegas and Blue Lake in a search for a missing cousin, a briefcase full of cash, and, finally, for a killer. Along the way, Fats also begins to understand that he's searching for himself and his place in a rapidly changing West. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Angry and alienated, Fats distrusts everyone he meets, from sleaze-merchants and political power brokers to two women: one he wants to believe in, a retired judge; and the other, a police sergeant, he can't quite believe isn't deceiving him. After all, in this Nevada, corruption is a given. Everybody lies. Much is uncertain--motives, loyalties, affections. But in \u003ci\u003eDrowning in the Desert, \u003c\/i\u003e one thing \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e certain: water is a precious resource that can both kill and be killed for. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBernard Schopen \u003c\/b\u003ewas born and raised in Deadwood, South Dakota. After a stint in the U. S. Navy, he earned degrees at the University of Washington, and then a PhD at the University of Nevada, Reno. An academic career returned him to UNR, where he was the recipient of the Alan Bible Teaching Excellence Award in 2007. Schopen has published seven novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Iris Deception: A Jack Ross Mystery.\u003c\/i\u003e He was inducted into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame in 2000.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.6 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 22, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765342273824,"sku":"9781647791186","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ec3ed9ee69cb95118c0d6d67c9ad22f3.webp?v=1780266503","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/drowning-in-the-desert-a-nevada-noir-novel-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}