The Leopard's Prey: A Jade del Cameron Mystery

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A larger-than-life heroine far ahead of her time,(Denver Post) returns to 1920s Africa, where she meets with an ominous warning

Jade del Camerons latest endeavorhelping a company collect wild animals for U.S. zoos finds her lassoing zebras and posing as bait for a leopard. But the real danger begins when Jades friends find a merchants body on their coffee plantation. Authorities determine the cause of death to be murder. Their prime suspect: Jades beau, moviemaker and World War I flying ace Sam Featherstone.

To clear Sams name, Jade launches her own investigation, questioning the dead mans partners and clients. But nothing can prepare Jade for the journey that lies ahead, as she must make an emergency landing in Sams plane deep within the vast African wilderness, then risk the long trek back to Nairobi to confront more than one kind of brutal killer face-to-face

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Suzanne Arruda, a former zookeeper-turned-science teacher and freelance writer, is the author f several biographies for young adults. She has also published science and nature articles for adults and children and is a regular contributor to a weekly newspaper supplement. An avid hiker and outdoorswoman, she lives in Kansas with her husband, twin sons, and a small menagerie of pets.