Deception Man

A New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards 2018 Finalist for ebook fiction.

Fraud poisons New Mexico’s trade in iconic Native American silver and turquoise jewelry . . . Reporter Cait Zapata, whose father is a well-known Zuni Pueblo artisan, is targeted by a shadowy con artist . . . Her investigation into the source of phony artwork and stolen designs could be her last . . . More

A New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards 2018 Finalist for ebook fiction.

Deception Man is a can’t-put-it-down Southwest suspense tale of fraud poisoning New Mexico’s trade in iconic Native American silver and turquoise jewelry.

General assignment reporter Cait Zapata gets drawn into a family crisis. Her jeweler father and her cousin on the Zuni Pueblo discover someone is pirating their distinctive work and hallmarks and selling the imitations in Santa Fe.

Cait is spurred to investigate and write about the prevalence of phony products sold throughout the Southwest as authentic Indian jewelry. She has no idea how much trouble she is stirring up.

To complicate matters, Cait is fired by her employer, the Albuquerque Star newspaper. In her coverage of the issues surrounding a proposed Gallup-area uranium mine, she defies the political elite by exposing the New Mexico governor’s attendance at private casino bashes paid for by the mining company run by his brother.

Out of a job, Cait continues to probe the illicit selling of manufactured goods as genuine Indian handwork. She runs up against a shadowy counterfeiter, unaware of the danger to herself and those close to her.

Fans of Western mystery, suspense and adventure novels, including the works of Tony and Anne Hillerman, J.A. Jance, Craig Johnson and R. Allen Chappell will enjoy Deception Man, the debut novel from M.E. Smith. A New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards 2018 Finalist for ebook fiction.

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