The Rotting Whale

Hugo Sandoval Eco-Mystery, Book 1

De: Jann Eyrich

Narrado por: Adam Verner

When the natural world and the build world collide, the earth needs a good building inspector . . .

In this first case in the new Hugo Sandoval Eco-Mystery series, an old-school San Francisco building inspector must reluctantly venture outside his beloved city and find his sea legs before he can solve the mystery of how a ninety-ton blue whale became stranded, twice, in a remote inlet off the North Coast.

Set on the turbulent Mendocino Coast against the backdrop of a failing fishing fleet and illegal cannabis grows, Sandoval encounters roadblocks and lies as he grapples with the connection between a red tag posted on the historic Chicken Cove ranch and the decomposing marine mammal at the foot of its cliffs.

Debilitated by more than a few idiosyncrasies, reluctant media darling Hugo Sandoval is a people's hero, fighting the good fight in a modern era where development and climate change butt heads—and where each requested permit attempts to eclipse the old San Francisco Sandoval loves.

©2023 Jann Eyrich (P)2024 Tantor

Story has whale, not about the whale

Very well written though the subtitle is misleading. The whale lies on the beach, basically a prop, while the eco- mystery plot revolves around real estate. I suppose any story where developers and non-human animals collide qualifies as eco fiction but it is sad to include all the creatures of the earth in dramas about human greed.