In the Shadow of Diablo

Death at the Healing Waters, Volume 2

De: Dan Hanel

Narrado por: Patrice Smith

Book Two in the series.

When foreign language teacher Celeste Scott is asked by police to help translate a strange note found on a mummified corpse, she and science teacher Harrison Barrett are drawn into the intriguing history of the Byron Hot Springs Resort. Their present-day mystery alternates with the desperate journey of Baron Leopold von Haas, who flees post-World War I Austria and winds up at the famous resort, a half-a-world away.

Harrison and Celeste uncover a web of clues spanning the gruesome death of Charles the Bold in 1477 France to a covert World War II interrogation center in California. Meanwhile, in order to return to his family, Baron von Haas must reveal his secret to one of the resort’s many fabled guests including Fatty Arbuckle, Lefty O’Doul, and the renowned sugar baron, Adolph Spreckels.

What untold story links it all? The answer can only be found where past meets present, fact meets fiction, and mystery meets romance...in the shadow of Diablo.

©2015 Dan Hanel (P)2021 Dan Hanel

Byron Hot Springs…never knew. Great way to share the wonderful history of the location.

The 2nd book did not disappointment. Another beautiful adventure. I never knew about the Byron Hot Springs and how world famous it was.

I love how the present day story and the historic story cross paths and get a feel of before an after. At every historic location, I end up googling and learning more about it just like the characters in the book. I look forward to the next one.

These stories hit close to home when places named or visited in the story, I recall times I have been there before or I driven past it. I have a greater appreciation for where I live and history.