Sibylline Press Rotting Whale: A Hugo Sandoval Eco-Mystery

When the natural world and the build world collide, theearth needs a good building inspector In this first case in the new Hugo Sandoval Eco-Mysteryseries, an old-school San Francisco building inspector must reluctantly ventureoutside his beloved city and find his sea legs before he can solve the mysteryof how a 90-ton blue whale became stranded, twice, in a remote inlet offthe North Coast.Set on the turbulent Mendocino Coast against the backdrop ofa failing fishing fleet and illegal cannabis grows, Sandoval encountersroadblocks and lies as he grapples with the connection between a red tag postedon the historic Chicken Cove ranch and the decomposing marine mammal at thefoot of its cliffs. Debilitated by more than a few idiosyncrasies, reluctantmedia darling Hugo Sandoval is a people’s hero, fighting the good fight in amodern era where development and climate change butt heads – and where eachrequested permit attempts to eclipse the old San Francisco Sandoval loves. Autorid: Jann Eyrich