and "As sharp and prickly as a desert cactus. Thoroughly entertaining. and " - Carol Davis Luce, author of NIGHT STALKERA woman answers a terrified cry for help...A husband betrays his wife one last time...The owner of an isolated hotel harbors a dangerous obsession...A man succumbs to a fatal attraction...They are four strangers whose lives converge on a lonely stretch of Arizona desert...four strangers brought together by the brutal murder of a beautiful woman. Each of them has a secret. And all of them have a reason to be afraid.Now, someone else is going to die. For in the desert, under the merciless sun, there is no place to hide.* * * * *Praise for J. Carson Black's DARK HORSE (writing as Margaret Falk) and "Should put Margaret Falk in the Winner's Circle. and " - Tony Hillerman and "A terrific tale of murder and mayhem set on the quarter horse racing circuit in the American Southwest...Watch out, Dick Francis. and " - J. A. Jance