A Spur Award-Winning Author
It all starts when a half-frozen Indian staggers into Somerville and dies on the floor of Wilson's Barbershop ... but not before telling a crazy story and showing a lump of gold that looks strangely like a buffalo patty. Immediately, the story spreads about a Midas buffalo that, ahem, poops golden chips. The townsfolk become crazed with gold fever and set off en masse to capture this magical beast. Libby Barrett, reporter for the Somerville Independent, suspects someone is playing a prank on the town, but what to make of the golden buffalo chip and the dead Indian? It's a puzzle that Libby sets her sights to solve; a quest for truth that very quickly turns deadly.