Reviewed by Pennell Paugh

November 25, 2024 (San Diego) -- Award-winning San Diego author Larry M. Edwards involves investigative journalist Rent Beacham in another mystery. In Chariot Canyon, Rent looks into reports of welfare fraud. His investigation not only becomes more dangerous, by a twist of fate, he becomes personally connected to people involved.

When horseback riders discover a body at an abandoned gold mine in historic Chariot Canyon, Rent works with a PI who is following persons involved in arms sales. A murderer regards Rent as a threat to his group’s nefarious enterprises. Now having his life threatened, will Rent survive?

While this story is fiction, the fraud at the heart of this story is not. Join Rent Beacham as his deep dive into welfare fraud drags him into something much more sinister.