<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Short, character driven stories from five locations around the world: Mexico, Yukon Territories, Canada, Nicaragua, Arizona Central Highlands, Yakima Indian Reservation, Washington State.</p><p><br></p><p>A Patio with Diamonds: An American expat living with a pet raven in Oaxaca, Mexico, finds himself in serious trouble with an international drug dealer.</p><p><br></p><p>Thanks Hoppy: An American driving through northern Mexico is targeted by a Mexican con man.</p><p><br></p><p>I Could Not Stop For Death and .308: Two stories about life threatening experiences on northern Canadian rivers.</p><p><br></p><p>Every Eden Has Its Snakes tells of an old man living on the remote Moskito Coast of Nicaragua finding millions of dollars of illegal drugs.</p><p><br></p><p>Mormons: An American who murdered his wife is hiding in the Garifuna village of Orinoco, Nicaragua, fearing the Mormon missionaries are there to kill him.</p><p><br></p><p>Two stories of romance: The Mountains Are Calling Me: a hiker pursuing a John Muir experience seeks help at a rundown forest service cabin and becomes enamored with the woman living there, </p><p>Snaps: An African American man working with the Red Cross is assigned to a politically conservative town during the election of 2012 and saves the life of a disenchanted woman with a racist husband.</p><p><br></p><p>Three coming of age stories: Neccos, Cecil and his Daddy, and The Village Idiot, are heart rendering tales of growing up in the 1950's.</p>