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Dragon (The Dunbarton Mysteries Book 6) Kindle Edition

by Valerie Tate (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 101 ratings
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Burials, bones and bandits – not what Alicia and Chris Mallory are expecting when spring finally arrives in Dunbarton.

In the aftermath of a violent storm, Chris and Alicia come across fossilized dinosaur bones in a lakeside rock fall. Before long, Chris’ sister, anthropologist Dr. Penny Mallory, arrives to head up an archaeological dig.

Despite their best efforts to keep it a secret, news of the discovery gets out and it’s not long before members of the shadowy underworld of antiquities theft and trafficking take notice.

Two old foes return to Dunbarton and the race is on to save the momentous find from disappearing into the murky haunts of the illegal antiquities trade. Who can the Mallorys trust? Which of these two villains is the Chameleon and which is a dragon bent on increasing his hoard?

Will Alicia and Chris manage to play the winning hand in a life-and-death game or will they come to rue the truth in Shakespeare’s advice, “Come not between the dragon and his wrath.”?

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    The Dunbarton Mysteries
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07KZKD81M
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Red Cottage Books (November 29, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 29, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2780 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 298 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 101 ratings

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Valerie Tate

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I make my home in a nineteenth century cottage in Ontario, Canada with my Jack Russell Terrier, Jamie. My horse,a Canadian Sport Horse/ Arab cross named Devon, is boarded at a farm in the country about a seventy minute drive from my house.

As a child, I used to visit my aunt and uncle who lived in Kincardine, Ontario, on the shores of Lake Huron. I grew to love the charming town and the beautiful surrounding area and continue to visit it to this day so it seemed a natural choice on which to base my fictitious town of Dunbarton that is the setting of my mystery novels, THE DUNBARTON MYSTERIES.

CATNIP, the first in the series where the reader is introduced to Christopher Mallory and Alicia Dunbar and a wily, orange and white cat named Marmalade.

Horses have played an important role in my life. My equestrian passion has been the sport of dressage which features prominently in the second book of the series, HORSE SENSE.

The third book in the series, FROG LEGS, has an environmental theme which is very timely and was shortlisted for the Chanticleer International Mystery and Mayhem Award in 2017.

SCAPEGOAT, the fourth novel, is a little on the darker side dealing with prejudice and discrimination while taking the reader into the world of Witchcraft and Wicca.

The fifth novel in the series, CHAMELEON, involves antiquities trafficking and art fraud and introduces a sinister, master criminal known as The Chameleon. He makes a return in the newest novel, DRAGON, where questions that were left unanswered at the end of CHAMELEON are finally resolved.

THE REINDEER CAPER is the first Dunbarton Christmas Mystery.

All of the books are available on Amazon as both e-books and paperbacks.

I earned a degree in English Literature from Victoria College at the University of Toronto, which included an advanced writing course with the Author in Residence, and a teaching degree. Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine published my short story, DEADLY QUINTET, a number of years ago. It was my first professional publication. Recently I was thrilled to find it included in an anthology of Ellery Queen mystery stories.

My website is www.valerietate.weebly.com Visit it to see photos and read excerpts of the novels. You can also find me on Facebook. My author page is https://www.facebook.com/DunbartonMysteries . Follow me on Twitter @VTateAuthor.

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50Laine
5.0 out of 5 stars Dangers of the Dig
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2021
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Charlie discovers fossils in a beachside landslide and Penny brings a crew to process the site. That sounds like a good thing until a woman is nearly killed.
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Ellen Oceanside
4.0 out of 5 stars GOOD SERIES
Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2019
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Another interesting plot, after having big surf the day before, Alicia wants to go to the beach. Instead of shells and driftwood, they find bones, Now it becomes an archaeologist dig, and then the media finds out. Good series, with continuing characters to enjoy.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Dragon ( The Dunbarton Mysteries Book 6 )
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2019
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Very interesting and entertaining story about the attempted theft of items recovered during an archeological dig. Great characters and the writing is good enough to keep the reader's attention for the entire novel.
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jls
4.0 out of 5 stars Her English degree should be rescinded
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2020
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Author frequently uses sound alike words incorrectly. "They're" and "their" do sound alike but have completely different meanings. Only one example of bad English.
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Kindle Customer Leslie
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and intriguing read
Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2020
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Great characters and situations. I could not put this book down. Many twists to the story and a surprise at the end!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love the series.
Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2019
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Excellent series. Love all the characters. I wish I would have read them in order, but I still enjoyed them all. Can't wait for the next one!!!
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Vickie
5.0 out of 5 stars Was funny at times
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2019
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Was very suspenseful
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Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2020
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Kindle Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read!
Reviewed in Canada on July 25, 2019
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Ms. Tate has done it again!
Good story line, great cast of characters and pets galore.
Twists as unexpected as usual make for a great light read. Two thumbs up!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Should get a better proof reader
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 11, 2020
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Good read pity about the spelling mistakes
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ppsphil
3.0 out of 5 stars A good Read That I Enjoyed in a Good Series That I Like
Reviewed in Canada on May 22, 2019
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I’ve been enjoying this series and, of course, some of the books more than others and I quite enjoyed this fun read although I couldn’t rate it as one of the best in the series. Chris, Alicia, Alice and James and the rest of the regulars are all in fine form and DI Marcus Samuel seems to have just given up and decided to utilize Alicia’s talents in his investigations. This story is more of an action adventure than a mystery and while it does have a solid ending and most of the bad guys meet appropriate justice I still have a slight feeling that while the identity of the Chameleon seems pretty definite there is still a bit of a murky area that might lead to another story. And , oh yeah, once again Melanie gets her usual big letdown in the romance department. Chris and Alicia’s plans would make Spenser and McGyver proud and it sure would have been great to see the looks on the faces of the bad guys if they had actually got to open the packages in the crates. Now as seems to happen with most series like this the amount of humour has really deminished from that of the first books and although Charlie plays a big part in this story neither he nor Marmalade get into the wild hijinks that they did previously. Also I found the speed with which the Fire Marshal and the Insurance Adjuster did their things just a whole lot unbelievable. However A good read thatI liked and I’ll read any more in this series.
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Geraldine Mathewson
5.0 out of 5 stars Another great Dunbarton mystery.
Reviewed in Canada on September 9, 2019
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Love the people, place and town. Can't wait for next one.
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