the ambush artist
mystery action and adventure
in Arizona

In this second historical fiction novel in the Deputy Sean O'conner Trilogy, the Deputy investigates a small plane crash in 1945 on a rugged wilderness peak far west of Phoenix in Maricopa County, Arizona. A desert hunter gets to the wreck first and removes a valuable case belonging to a Las Vegas casino. Its owners badly want it back and send men to find it. A chain of events follows, resulting in the hunter swearing deadly vengeance on everyone searching for him—and anyone he perceives as wronging him. He uses a lifetime of desert knowledge and his lethal hunting skills to ambush and eliminate his pursuers.
Sean’s work turns into a full-blown murder investigation with multiple victims as he follows a trail of death left by the hunter. It becomes a game of cat and mouse until they finally meet on a rocky hillside in the desert wilderness.
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The Ambush Artist leads you on a shocking and unforgettable adventure into a little-known part of Arizona’s Sonoran desert wilderness as the hunter becomes the hunted.