Pot hunter & trader Hubert Schuze knows he should decline the offer of $25,000 from a shady character to steal a pot from a local museum. He may be a pot thief, but he isn't a burglar. But he visits the museum just to see how difficult the job might be. After deciding the museum is impregnable, he returns to his shop where a federal agent is waiting to accuse him of stealing the 1000-year-old pot. When the agent is found dead in a hotel room, theft charges escalate to murder. Hubie must use his strong deductive skills and overcome his weak nerves to solve the murder. Show More Show Less
Review
The dialogue is fresh and witty, reminiscent of sparkling Thirties screwball comedies with Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn bouncing off each others' energy and zinging home tart observations. The wry Hubert makes the perfect foil for insouciant Susannah. --Lou Allin, author of Man Corn Murders.
The book is funny at a very high intellectual level and deliciously delightful. --The Baltimore Sun
Like Lawrence Block's Bernie Rhodenbarr series, right down to the light, amusing banter between Hubie and Susannah each afternoon as they down margaritas. --The Denver Post
About the Author
Mike Orenduff grew up in a house so close to the Rio Grande that he could Frisbee a tortilla into Mexico. While in graduate school at the University of New Mexico, he worked during the summer as a volunteer teacher at one of the nearby pueblos. After receiving his M.A. at New Mexico and his Ph.D. at Tulane, he became a university professor. He went on to serve as President of New Mexico State University. His award-winning Pot Thief murder mysteries combines archaeology and philosophy with humor and mystery. Among his many awards are the Lefty national award for best humorous mystery, two Eppies for the best eBook mysteries and the New Mexico Book of the Year Award. His books have been described by The Baltimore Sun as funny at a very high intellectual level and deliciously delightful and by The El Paso Times as the perfect fusion of murder, mayhem and margaritas.