FORT SMITH, Ark., Dec. 14, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- From the celebrated author of Gotcha!, The Unlikely Predator, and 30 Days In May comes the fourth suspenseful story packed with high-stakes action and thought-provoking mysteries. Released through Xlibris, Up On Crowley's Ridge by Wayne Hancock will surely give readers an edge-of-your-seat reading experience.
Up On Crowley's Ridge takes readers on a journey back to January 1966 where a small group of American scientists traveled to Brazil seeking new and exotic plants to test for curative powers. It was a secret mission sponsored by a consortium of big American pharmaceutical companies who have pooled their talents and money to find a cure for cancer. They are determined to beat a group from Europe who are sponsoring a similar search in the rain forests of Africa. The stakes are huge for the winning team.
The scientists traveled deep into the Amazon rain forests, talking to native tribes along the way. One small, obscure tribe, whose people have never even heard of cancer, showed them the plants the natives used and consumed daily to maintain their incredibly good health. The scientists collect over a hundred samples to take back to their lab in New York for testing. Among them is the liquid taken from a plant that the natives wouldn't go near, claiming it brought death to anyone who touched it. They collected the sample in a glass vial and labeled it sample #23. But, how did this small sample get to Arkansas and why did five people die before three men, calling themselves "The Varsity Club," solve the mystery and bring the perpetrator to justice?
Hancock pushes his plot at a blistering pace to plunge readers into the overwhelming mysteries. Read and discover surprising revelations about the newest murder mystery in Up On Crowley's Ridge. For more information on this book, log on to www.Xlibris.com.
About the Author
Wayne Hancock is a Navy veteran of World War II. He currently lives in Arkansas with his wife of sixty years. He spent forty years with J.C. Penny Co. managing stores in Missouri and Arkansas, then spent the next twenty years operating a commercial real estate consulting firm out of his home. All his life he wanted to write novels so in January of 2005 he sat down at his computer and wrote Gotcha!, his first mystery story. He published it at age eighty. It was a success, so it was quickly followed by The Unlikely Predator and 30 Days In May. Up On Crowley's Ridge is his fourth exciting murder mystery.
Up On Crowley's Ridge * by Wayne Hancock
A Murder Mystery
Publication Date: October 13, 2009
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