The Rattlesnake Cafe (Bud Shumway Mystery Series Book 7)

The Rattlesnake Cafe (Bud Shumway Mystery Series Book 7)

When ex-sheriff and watermelon farmer Bud Shumway agrees to help out his friend, Sheriff Hum Stocks, as a deputy for the winter, he never guesses he’ll soon be deep in the rugged and wild Dolores Triangle, trying to solve not only the mystery of a skeleton wearing knee boots, but also the murder of rattlesnake-hunter and wannabe rodeo clown, Chicken Bottoms.<br /><br />Set in the Dolores Triangle, that area defined by the Colorado-Utah border and the Colorado and Dolores rivers, this mystery will have you mystified and on edge as you follow Bud as he dodges invisible black-ops choppers and deals with friendly bullsnakes, dangerous rattlesnakes, a retired game-show host, rivers that rise without warning, a mule named Otis, a secretive Air Force officer who’s a possible imposter, and a young filmmaker making a documentary about his rocketeer friend.<br /><br />All this, along with learning to ballroom dance, a skeleton that disappears into thin air, and a body wearing Hello Kitty slippers, and you’ll soon see why Bud wishes he’d never set foot in the Rattlesnake Cafe on the mysterious Dolores Triangle.<br /><br />And of course, back home in Green River, Bud’s bumbling replacement, Sheriff Howie, is never far away, as long as he has a phone and can call for advice on everything from dealing with train wrecks to his first police sting in the nearby state park campground.<br /><br />In any case, you’ll find out who really killed Chicken Bottoms, and it may not be who you think. <br /><br />This is book #7 in the Bud Shumway Mystery Series. You’ll also enjoy book #1, “The Ghost Rock Cafe,” book #2, “The Slickrock Cafe,” book #3, “The Paradox Cafe,” book #4, “The No Delay Cafe,” book #5, “The Silver Spur Cafe,” and book #6, “The Ice House Cafe.”