Amazon Dig Team Detetcheverrie Category:  Mystery/Suspense Publisher: iUniverse ISBN-10:  0595191282 Type: Fiction Pages: 173 Copyright: Jan 1 2001 Young New York veterinary student Geoff McKenna finds himself badly misplaced at a paleontological digsite, but that's the least of his worries when a rare artifact is stolen and the body count begins to climb! Strasberg smiled, chewing one gritty thumbnail in his excitement. "What is it?" The other paleontologist adopted a look of doubt and wonder. "Protoceras. Male. Somewhere around 35 million years old." Geoff wanted to know how he knew what sex the bones were. "Nuh-uh." "Nuh-uh?" Strasberg's grin spread even wider. "Jack?" Havilland removed the ball of canvas he'd left purposely wadded by the creature's skull. McQueen looked again, blinked, then knelt to examine further. "It's without the horny growths along the skull. The skin-covered horns." Strasberg was laughing. How childish the big scientist seemed! McQueen felt along the skull of the deceased beast. "No knobby horns. A sub-species perhaps. What's this?" Geoff had thought it a coincidental vein of mineral running toward and possibly underneath the skull. Now, as McQueen brushed at the loose dirt with his fingertips and blew upon the fossilized skull, they could all plainly see it was a growth. A horn. "There must be another...no. Placing's wrong." He stood slowly, dusting his hands on the thighs of his slacks. "One horn?" "One horn," Strasberg confirmed, beaming. "From the center of its forehead?" A nod. "Do you know what it is we've found?" "I've decided to call it uniceras." READ The entire first chapter of Trumpet at this link: http://www.geocities.com /qman003/totuchap1.html Excerpt "There's more in the dirt than just dinos..."

Reviewed by Diana Bennett
Trumpet Of The Unicorn is a fast paced who done it mystery, where thieves and murderers could be in a neighboring town or as close as sleeping in the tent next to you. I was absolutely clueless regarding who was responsible for the attempted thefts and murders, until the author revealed it to me.



This work was a page-turner filled with a cast of realistically composed characters, who each came to life as the story unfolded. The story is so enthralling that the reader feels as if they are there at the site, with dust blowing and ruthless thieves stalking the night.



I recommend The Trumpet Of The Unicorn to anyone who likes a good plot driven mystery with strong characters, as well as anyone who appreciates a well-crafted story.

Gary's Bookshelf
The Midwest Book Review
Reviewer's Bookwatch: October 2004

Detetcheverrie has written a novel that is filled with fascinating shady characters in search of proof of the legendary unicorn. There is everything a person could want in this story. Thieves, murderers, corruption and lots more in a tale that would make a very fine movie in the realm of the "Indiana Jones" classics.
--Gary Roen