The Devil's Cradle

In exchange for an exclusive story, feisty, flame-haired reporter Kendall O'Dell agrees to accompany 20-year old Angela Martin to claim her inheritance-a remote gold mining town in southern Arizona. But the bargain soon proves perilous as Kendall delves into the girl's past and unearths a family history of insanity, jealousy and violence that appears to have an eerie connection with the present. Is Angela the genuine heir, or a clever imposter? Was her father's recent death really an accident? And why was she never told of her deranged half-sister who perished in a mysterious fire eighteen years earlier? Kendall's quest to find the answers leads her into a frightening labyrinth of events and she must risk her life to expose the shattering secrets that threaten to destroy the lives of everyone involved. About the Author: Ms. Nobel is elated with the early success of Deadly Sanctuary the first book in her Arizona mystery series based on the town of Wickenburg and featuring feisty red-haired reporter Kendall O'Dell. In June of this year, the Arizona Book Publishing Association voted Deadly Sanctuary Best Mystery of 1999. The second book in the series, The Devil's Cradle is set near Bisbee in southern Arizona and she is now working on the third. Ms. Nobel enjoys giving her presentation, "The Timeless Fascination of the Whodunit," at bookstores, libraries, schools, reading discussion groups and clubs. In this discussion, she examines the unique construction of this popular genre, and delves into the major components that are crucial to the development of a successful mystery story. Ms. Nobel is a member of the Arizona Center for the Book, Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America. She currently resides in Phoenix, AZ with her husband and eight cats.