Arches Treasure Mystery at the Escalantes

About the Book

Arches Treasure

Nancy Duncan and her partner, Bobbi O’Brien, are on vacation in Southern Utah, perusing the giant structures of red clay and white slick rock. In the Arches National Monument, Nancy uncovers a partially buried broken chain attached to a light blue stone. It is encased by barely readable engraving and appears to be Hebrew or Arabic. Friends, Rakki Morari and Shalom Levi, help Nancy and Bobbi pursue the mystery of the stone as it leads them to historical sites, Anasazi tribal members, and connections to new and old world mythologies and practices.

Just when Nancy and Bobbi are unwinding from their last adventure, they find a recently slain body of a young girl and some bones that date back over fifty years. After realizing a murder has been committed, they call on Tim O’Brien, Bobbi’s uncle and retired police officer, for protection. Coroner Quinn harbors the women and their friends, Rakki and Shalom. Taken back in time, the travels of Jessie and Josh Browning are interspersed throughout the reading, and Rakki and Shalom have a baby.

About the Author

Rosemary Dunn Dalton is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice and teaches at Southern Oregon University (SOU). She founded several women’s programs including Dunn House, a shelter for battered women and their children. Dunn Dalton was awarded the SOU Distinguished Alumni Award in 2006. She is a co-editor of Lesbian Psychologies (University of Illinois Press, 1987) and is the author or Lamenting Lost Fathers: Adult Daughters Search for the Message of the Father (iuniverse Press, 2004). Dunn Dalton was recently featured in Feminists Who Changed America, 1963-1975. (University of Illinois Press)

Dunn Dalton enjoys painting, writing and playing in the rivers of Northern California, Oregon and Utah. She is the mother of three adult children and lives with her partner, Marie.