Serpentauria

SERPENTAURIA is a suspense thriller novel set in the American Southwest in which the bodies of healthy men found in the desert lead to a Russian art dealer, who is a snake lover testing out a deadly toxin to be used in political assassinations on these victims. Here's a brief summary of the plot. When the bodies of healthy men begin to show up dead in Arizona, the sheriff and his ace detective find enough evidence to interest the FBI. Soon the trail leads to a beautiful Russian migr, Marina Dubchov, who runs an art business from her palatial desert home, and is a snake lover, who has been developing an untraceable toxin from snake venom that is perfect for political assassinations.