by Todd Borg
PRAISE FOR TAHOE ICE GRAVE
“BAFFLING CLUES...CONSISTENTLY ENTERTAINS” - Kirkus Reviews
“A CLEVER PLOT... RECOMMEND THIS MYSTERY” - John Rowen, Booklist
“A BIG THUMBS UP... MR. BORG’S PLOTS ARE SUPER-TWISTERS” - Shelley Glodowski, Midwest Book Review
“GREAT CHARACTERS, LOTS OF ACTION, AND SOME CLEVER PLOT TWISTS...Readers have to figure they are in for a good ride, and Todd Borg does not disappoint.” - John Orr, San Jose Mercury News
PRAISE FOR TAHOE BLOWUP
“A COMPELLING TALE OF ARSON ON THE MOUNTAIN” - Barbara Peters, The Poisoned Pen Bookstore
“RIVETING... A MUST READ FOR MYSTERY FANS!” - Karen Dini, Addison Public Library, Addison, Illinois
WINNER! BEST MYSTERY OF THE YEAR - Bay Area Independent Publishers Association
PRAISE FOR TAHOE DEATHFALL
“THRILLING, EXTENDED RESCUE/CHASE” - Kirkus Reviews
“A TREMENDOUS READ FROM A GREAT WRITER” - Shelley Glodowski, Midwest Book Review
“BORG OFFERS A SIMPLY TERRIFIC DOG” - Barbara Peters, The Poisoned Pen
WINNER! BEST THRILLER OF THE YEAR - Bay Area Independent Publishers Association
“A TAUT MYSTERY... A SCREECHING CLIMAX” - Karen Dini, Addison Public Library, Addison, Illinois
Titles by Todd Borg
TAHOE DEATHFALL
TAHOE BLOWUP
TAHOE ICE GRAVE
TAHOE KILLSHOT
TAHOE SILENCE
TAHOE AVALANCHE
TAHOE NIGHT
TAHOE HEAT
TAHOE HIJACK
TAHOE TRAP
TAHOE CHASE
TAHOE GHOST BOAT
TAHOE BLUE FIRE
Thriller Press First Edition, August 2001
TAHOE DEATHFALL
Copyright © 2001 by Todd Borg
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Thriller Press, a division of WRST, Inc.
This novel is a work of fiction. Any references to real locales, establishments, organizations, people, or events are intended only to give the fiction a sense of verisimilitude. All other names, places, characters and incidents portrayed in this book are the product of the author’s imagination.
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from Thriller Press, P.O. Box 551110, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96155.
Library of Congress Control Number: 2015907152
ISBN: 978-1-931296-11-3
Cover design and map by Keith Carlson
Manufactured in the United States of America
This Book Is For Kit
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I’d like to thank my agent Barbara Braun. Her efforts on my behalf are as helpful to my confidence as her perceptive comments are to my manuscripts. She helped me make this a much better novel.
Many thanks are owed to Kate and Tim Nolan whose thoughtful examinations of my characters and suggestions for making them work better contributed much to this series.
More thanks to Sandy Bryson and her book Police Dog Tactics. What Owen and Spot know of K9 techniques come from Sandy’s expertise.
Thanks as well to Elise and Richard Erickson and the staff at Neighbor’s Bookstore in Caesars Tahoe for their ideas and support.
Much credit is due to forensic entomologist M. Lee Goff, author of A Fly For The Prosecution. His ground-breaking work in forensic entomology is the foundation on which I based Street’s career. I owe him a great deal and only hope I haven’t made too many entomological mistakes in my story.
And, because people do judge a book by its cover, special thanks to Keith Carlson for his fantastic cover design.
Most of all, I would like to thank my wife Kit who provided me with tremendous writing support, gave Owen his fix on great art, and was my editor and story coach throughout. She is in possession of one of those rare detectors that Hemingway spoke of, and her ability to separate good writing from bad is a gift beyond words.
