Operation Tropical Affair: A seat-of-your-pants, wildlife crime-fighting eco-adventure (Poppy McVie Mysteries Book 1)

Name: Operation Tropical Affair: A seat-of-your-pants, wildlife crime-fighting eco-adventure (Poppy McVie Mysteries Book 1)
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Rating: 4.2 (1440 reviews)
Author: Kimberli A. Bindschatel

by Kimberli A. Bindschatel

Contemporary Fiction Thriller

4.2 (1,440)

4.2 stars from 1,440 reviews. Top 86% of Contemporary Fiction books we track.

216 pages~3.6 hr readPublished by Turning Leaf Productions, LLCPublished 2015-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

You love action-driven thrillers with protagonists who are competent and flawed, not superhuman.
You care about environmental issues and want fiction that treats them as genuinely high-stakes.
You're looking for a series starter with a strong female lead who doesn't need saving.

Maybe not for you if...

You prefer slow-burn mysteries with puzzle-solving as the main draw.
You want romance as a central plot thread rather than a subplot.
You're sensitive to depictions of animal harm, even when the book opposes it.

About this book

Poppy McVie, a rookie U.S. Fish & Wildlife agent, is sent undercover to Costa Rica to infiltrate a wildlife trafficking operation. She encounters a ruthless criminal network built on corruption, where danger is constant from the moment she arrives. As the mission deepens and becomes personal, Poppy must confront difficult choices about how far she will go in pursuit of justice, protection for the animals at stake, and her own future as an agent. The first book in the Poppy McVie Mysteries series combines environmental crime investigation with high-stakes suspense.

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