Switcheroo

By Herbert Holeman
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Published: Aug. 18, 2011
Words: 40592 (approximate)
Language: English

Short description

Erin Archer is suspicious when her PI father’s recent death from a fall is ruled a rock climbing accident. Like her father, she’s an experienced mountaineer and environmentalist. To investigate her father's death, Erin teams up with Nick Oliver, a business intelligence analyst who takes her into his murky world of high stakes financial treachery and murder.

Extended description

When preserving nature clashes with financial gain, the result leads to murder. Erin Archer is steeped in the Hetch Hetchy Controversy. She believes the now flooded and dammed up Valley should be restored to its original state. Like her father, she’s an environmental advocate and an experienced mountaineer. Like her father, she’s an environmental advocate and an experienced mountaineer.

So when her father’s recent death from a rock climbing fall is ruled an accident, she doesn’t believe it. She decides to investigate and discovers a connection between her PI father and Nick Oliver, a business intelligence analyst in San Francisco.

“I don’t believe for one second that Dad’s fall was an accident. I’m going to find out what really happened,” she tells him. Then, to his surprise, she adds, “Dad was working a case I believe had something to do with you.”

A business intelligence analyst, Nick is doubtful. “Investigators do the cloak and dagger stuff. You could sa... (Read more) When preserving nature clashes with financial gain, the result leads to murder. Erin Archer is steeped in the Hetch Hetchy Controversy. She believes the now flooded and dammed up Valley should be restored to its original state. Like her father, she’s an environmental advocate and an experienced mountaineer. Like her father, she’s an environmental advocate and an experienced mountaineer.

So when her father’s recent death from a rock climbing fall is ruled an accident, she doesn’t believe it. She decides to investigate and discovers a connection between her PI father and Nick Oliver, a business intelligence analyst in San Francisco.

“I don’t believe for one second that Dad’s fall was an accident. I’m going to find out what really happened,” she tells him. Then, to his surprise, she adds, “Dad was working a case I believe had something to do with you.”

A business intelligence analyst, Nick is doubtful. “Investigators do the cloak and dagger stuff. You could say my work is click and dagger. You know, clicking a computer mouse on web pages.”

Still, when Erin asks for his help in her investigation, he finds it impossible to resist. Crisscrossing the streets of San Francisco and the redwoods south of the city enemies dog their every move. Yet, in their probe they learn how advocacy leads to high stakes financial treachery and murder.
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Tags

murder mystery, pi, san francisco, private investigator, redwoods, cozy, environmentalism, bay area, preservation, yosemite, golden gate park, santa clara, business intelligence, san mateo, hetch hetchy valley, stock market schemes, menudo, restore hetch hetchy

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