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Title: Wildcrafters

Author: Skye K. Moody

Narrator: Jennifer Van Dyck

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-24-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

The honeymoon is over for Seattle Fish and Wildlife agent Venus Diamond. Literally. Hawaii and her new husband must wait while she heads a massive search into the disappearance of a baby in the Bogachiel wildlife preserve. Natives believe the baby was snatched by "the Unknown", a half-man, half-elk creature of Native American lore. Venus suspects the incident may involve a recent elk poachings in the area, and carcasses found with sawed-off hooves. Human greed and ugliness threaten even the timeless beauty of the vast Northwest wilderness, in the form of illegal slaughter of Roosevelt elk, the harvesting of endangered plants for their healing properties and, as Venus discovers, a fanatical quest for the eternal youth that drives human desires to hideous proportions where no one is safe...not even the most innocent.

Members Reviews:

Wildcrafters

While the premise and setting for this mystery had promise, I was rapidly disenchanted when it became apparent that while the author might have some passing familiarity with the region, in all other aspects she seems to be at a loss.

I like accuracy in the novels I read. The protagonist is supposed to be a U.S. Fish and Wildlife agent. One would hope a person so employed would at least have a working knowledge of wildlife and weapons. Apparently the author has neither.

Some of the more glaring examples: Agent Diamond is observing some fishermen setting nets illegally from a Northwest beach. She reflects of the fact that the outgoing tide will fill the net with illegally caught salmon and mussels? Mussels? Mussels spend their lives firmly attached to rocks. Nobody nets mussels. One would hope a Fish and Wildlife agent would be aware of this minor point of marine biology.

Other annoyances to me personally are her remarkable unfamiliarity with her own and other weapons used in her story. Diamond supposedly carried a Smith & Wesson .38. S&W has not manufactured a .38 for over 40 years. What Smith does make is a .38 Special. No law enforcement officer these days would carry a .38 under any circumstances. And a Smith & Wesson is never, ever, referred to as a "Wessie". It is a "Smith", or a "S&W", but never a "Wessie".

She also refers to a .33 Winchester Magnum (no such caliber) and a "Thirty-ought magnum" (again no such caliber). Then there is the premise of a missing child where the authorities simply omit a house to house search of all the local neighbors in the trailer park? Apparently police procedure is another area Ms. Moody is unfamiliar with.

With a good technical editor this book might have had some promise.

I won't even go into the character development of the major players. It is a tribute to the author's skill that she could get anyone to give a favorable review.

Five Stars

Great author, great price,

An Underrated Author

I have thoroughly enjoyed all of Skye's novels. The setting is interesting since I'm not from the NW section of the US.

A 24K Venus Diamond of an environmental mystery

The disappearance of the Nighteagle baby forces Fish and Wildlife Services Special Agent Venus Diamond and her husband, environmental expert Richard Winter, to delay their honeymoon. Her boss asks Venus to head up the search in Washington's Bogachiel National Wildlife Preserve because no one knows the area any better.