{"product_id":"9781736795439","title":"The Rotting Whale","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this first case in the new Hugo Sandoval\nEco-Mystery series, an old-school San Francisco building inspector with his\ntrademark Borsalino fedora, must reluctantly venture outside his beloved city\nand find his sea legs before he can solve the mystery of how a 90-ton blue\nwhale became stranded, twice, in a remote inlet off the North Coast.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"\u003eWhen a blue whale is struck by\na research vessel off the north coast of California, San Francisco’s eccentric\nbuilding inspector Hugo Sandoval is catapulted from his precious San Francisco\nwaterfront nearly two hundred miles north to the headlands of a troubled sheep\nranch in response to a call for help from his cetologist daughter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal\"\u003eThis episode is set on the turbulent Mendocino\nCoast against the backdrop of a failing fishing fleet, illegal cannabis grows,\nand the struggling town of Fort Bragg. At the precarious Chicken Cove, he\ngrapples with the connection between a red tag posted on the historic ranch and\nthe decomposing marine mammal at the foot of its cliffs. \u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal\"\u003eThe new eco-mystery series tracks the collision\nof the man-made environment and nature while simultaneously charting Hugo’s own\npersonal evolution as a husband, father, and native son. \u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal\"\u003eA charming cast of secondary characters who revel\nin the unassuming man’s perceptive abilities, while overlooking his many\nidiosyncrasies, provide assists in solving the mysteries. We meet Carmen, his\ncorporate lawyer ex-wife; T. Ray, his best friend and fellow sleuth; his\nintuitive assistant Mrs. Dunne who steers their office on Otis Street, as well\nas the many regulars who populate Sandoval’s San Francisco. \u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal\"\u003eImmersed in the noir of The City, the resistant\nHugo Sandoval is a media darling, reluctant bachelor, and people’s hero\nfighting the good fights in a modern era that—with each requested\npermit—attempts to eclipse the old San Francisco Sandoval loves.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jann Eyrich","offers":[{"title":"Sibylline Press |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2023-10-06","offer_id":44230082920703,"sku":"9781736795439","price":25.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_866f0d56-d094-4c1c-a536-25c3d7cbc5e8.jpg?v=1693003433","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781736795439","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}