| Author: | M. W. Gordon | ISBN: | 1230002230375 |
| Publisher: | Swift Creeks Press | Publication: | March 22, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | M. W. Gordon |
| ISBN: | 1230002230375 |
| Publisher: | Swift Creeks Press |
| Publication: | March 22, 2018 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Toxic Trout is the author’s ninth Macduff Brooks Fly Fishing Mystery novel. Lucinda and Macduff are having breakfast at their Mill Creek, Montana log cabin when they notice the creek has turned golden. They follow the creek upstream and learn that toxic waste from a long-abandoned but reopened gold mine has spread downstream killing fish and starting a new adventure. Sneaking into the old mine shafts they discover the bones of Jimmy Hoffa are in a pile of skeletons of dead crime figures, quickly bringing in the FBI, who learn that a ruthless Chinese industrialist, Xia Han, plans several nearby mines in Paradise Valley and also intends to construct the first dam ever to be built on the Yellowstone River. Montana temporarily closes the mine as the focus shifts to the skeletons.
An AP journalist, Lorna Dubois, arrives, and Macduff is told by his CIA protection program Washington contact, Dan Wilson, to bend the truth dealing with her. Dubois runs into a blank wall questioning Macduff’s friends.
Fleeing to their Florida cottage for the winter, Lucinda and Macduff are followed and harassed by the FBI, who believe the two are withholding information about the skeletons.
Knowing the risks, Macduff visits his old law college in Gainesville, and sees down a hallway a disheveled man working as a custodian. It is Juan Pablo Herzog from Guatemala, continuing his attempt to find Professor Maxwell Hunt, who he tried to kill almost a decade and a half ago. He doesn’t recognize Macduff, who doesn’t recognize Herzog.
Back in Montana for the fishing season, Lucinda and Macduff sneak into the closed mine again and discover the body of an FBI agent where the skeletons once were piled. They tell Deputy Erin Giffin about the body, who reports it to the FBI without disclosing who told.
Back in Gainesville, a law faculty member, Nancy Jones, has assured Herzog that former Professor Hunt is still alive. The law dean wants to help Herzog because he promised a large donation to the law college, and argues with Professor Jones, who insists she knows nothing more.
Lucinda and Macduff hear from friends in Montana that Xia Han is obtaining permits for the reopening of the mine and building the dam.
Herzog is restored as president and returns to Guatemala with Nancy Jones as his “first lady.” He is determined to use her to gain knowledge about Professor Hunt’s successor.
Lucinda is frustrated at the authorities’ slow progress with Xia. Within days Xia is found dead in Yellowstone Park, partly from falling into a geyser and partly from Mill Creek toxic waste found in his stomach. Two bottles Lucinda had of that waste are missing. And one .408 cartridge is gone, and a new notch is on Macduff’s Chey Tac rifle, from, he claims, shooting a squirrel.
Toxic Trout is the author’s ninth Macduff Brooks Fly Fishing Mystery novel. Lucinda and Macduff are having breakfast at their Mill Creek, Montana log cabin when they notice the creek has turned golden. They follow the creek upstream and learn that toxic waste from a long-abandoned but reopened gold mine has spread downstream killing fish and starting a new adventure. Sneaking into the old mine shafts they discover the bones of Jimmy Hoffa are in a pile of skeletons of dead crime figures, quickly bringing in the FBI, who learn that a ruthless Chinese industrialist, Xia Han, plans several nearby mines in Paradise Valley and also intends to construct the first dam ever to be built on the Yellowstone River. Montana temporarily closes the mine as the focus shifts to the skeletons.
An AP journalist, Lorna Dubois, arrives, and Macduff is told by his CIA protection program Washington contact, Dan Wilson, to bend the truth dealing with her. Dubois runs into a blank wall questioning Macduff’s friends.
Fleeing to their Florida cottage for the winter, Lucinda and Macduff are followed and harassed by the FBI, who believe the two are withholding information about the skeletons.
Knowing the risks, Macduff visits his old law college in Gainesville, and sees down a hallway a disheveled man working as a custodian. It is Juan Pablo Herzog from Guatemala, continuing his attempt to find Professor Maxwell Hunt, who he tried to kill almost a decade and a half ago. He doesn’t recognize Macduff, who doesn’t recognize Herzog.
Back in Montana for the fishing season, Lucinda and Macduff sneak into the closed mine again and discover the body of an FBI agent where the skeletons once were piled. They tell Deputy Erin Giffin about the body, who reports it to the FBI without disclosing who told.
Back in Gainesville, a law faculty member, Nancy Jones, has assured Herzog that former Professor Hunt is still alive. The law dean wants to help Herzog because he promised a large donation to the law college, and argues with Professor Jones, who insists she knows nothing more.
Lucinda and Macduff hear from friends in Montana that Xia Han is obtaining permits for the reopening of the mine and building the dam.
Herzog is restored as president and returns to Guatemala with Nancy Jones as his “first lady.” He is determined to use her to gain knowledge about Professor Hunt’s successor.
Lucinda is frustrated at the authorities’ slow progress with Xia. Within days Xia is found dead in Yellowstone Park, partly from falling into a geyser and partly from Mill Creek toxic waste found in his stomach. Two bottles Lucinda had of that waste are missing. And one .408 cartridge is gone, and a new notch is on Macduff’s Chey Tac rifle, from, he claims, shooting a squirrel.
