BLUE POPPY: A Novel (Venus Diamond Book 2)

BLUE POPPY
Blooming Nightmares: The butterfly catcher’s corpse sprawls akimbo in a seaside meadow of bear grass and wildflowers, one of its hands clutching a snatch of rare Himalayan Blue Poppies cultivated on a nearby ecological preserve. Legal encroachment--go figure. Undercover wildlife agent Venus Diamond soon discovers that more than the entomologist’s corpse is compromising the fragile ecosystem and its endangered species. Where the Olympic Mountains plunge into the Pacific Ocean, Hollywood's would-be screen queens join a Canadian fashion designer and a famous parfumier to ponder the slaying of a local hermit. Hold on a sec...there's more: The Dungeness Silverspot, a species of butterfly designated extinct may still survive in the remote wonderland exploited by excesses of Hollywood celebs and the seemingly benevolent aromatic big shot. While a resident brown bear entertains himself with a discarded transistor radio, Venus tracks dark death along secret forest trails where Nature's ungovernable power battles ruthless human invaders.