"Desert Run" is the 4th book in the Lena Jones mystery series by Betty Webb. The story centers around a film being made about an escape in 1944 from a German POW camp near where Scottsdale, AZ, is now located. Although the story about the prison escape is true, Webb has added three additional escapees to the original 25 and built a mystery around these three ficticious characters.
Lena Jones has been hired by Warren Quinn, the director of the documentary to provide security for the film set. When one of the surviving escapees who is wheelchair bound is murdered, Lena begins an investigation that leads to another mystery - who killed the Bollinger family around the time of the escape? Was it the teenage son who wasn't home at the time supposedly or someone else? As she begins to look into those murders, other murders occur and it looks like the past and the present may collide. One of the victims is a friend she had hoped could give her more information about the Bollinger case so it becomes a personal vendetta to find the murderer or murderers.
In the meantime, Warren Quinn is developing feelings for Lena and it appears she might be reciprocating them - can it go any further when he returns to his home in California? Her business partner has also given his notice that he's off to work at a "real" job now that he's getting married. Will she be able to survive and thrive without Jimmy available to do investigative work via the computer? The future holds promise and uncertainty for Lena - if she solves this murder mystery, what's next on the horizon for her? Another great read! pazt
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