Eye of the Ocelot (Abigail Fiorelli Mysteries)

How far would you go to save the things you love? Under the waning light of a late-summer day, a visit to a quiet fishing spot leads to a macabre discovery-the slaughter of an endangered ocelot. From the moment she arrives on the scene, Detective Abigail Fiorelli begins to weave a series of seemingly unrelated clues: a mysterious pendant with two crescent moons surrounding a dagger, distinctive tracks along the shore, DNA evidence that leaves an indelible trail. A serendipitous discovery in the personal ads hints at a connection with a mysterious and darkly ruthless international organization, the Artemisians. When a car chase through a web of back roads leaves the trail cold, the case turns on the discovery of a delicate endangered flower that Fiorelli identifies with the help of her lover and partner in crime-solving, Chris Armstrong. Abby has spent a lifetime building her world around the hole in her heart that was left when her Mother, Fiona, died of cancer when she was only eleven years old. Her life is also colored by the absence of her father, Angelo Fiorelli-an ordained minister and trained officer who once served as police chief but is now a missioner in Rwanda. Abby cannot imagine enduring the loneliness and stress of life as a detective without the support of her best friend and colleague Rhonda, whose thick mid-Cape Cod accent and off-color humor lighten up her life. Can Abby's long walks along the beloved trails that wind through the dunes near her seaside cottage, and the passionate interludes with her lover, save her from a horrific late-night discovery on her doorstep, or the conflagration that plunges her into a netherworld where life hangs in the balance? In the aftermath of the climactic encounter with the Artemisians, the devastating trauma to Detective Fiorelli's life culminates in a rich, layered and transformational denouement. When news goes viral that injuries have left her in a coma-like state, she becomes a global champion for lovers of all things wild and the world holds its breath for her return to the land of the living.

• | Author: Volta Rose
• | Publisher: Green Heart Books
• | Publication Date: Nov 15, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 288 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0972751815
• | ISBN-13: 9780972751810