Stalking Moon

Title from PDF title page (viewed on June 24, 2008). Death in the Borderlands

Laura Winslow is hiding from the world in the Arizona desert — escaping the violence of her past through false names and untraceable Internet phone technology. But by straying too close to Mexico at the same time as a large-scale illegal border crossing is taking place, the part-Hopi hacker-investigator has fallen into the hands of federal agents. And now she faces exposure and arrest unless she agrees to aid the government in its attempts to uncover the truth about a massive criminal conspiracy — a nightmarish smuggling operation trafficking in the most precious of commodities: human lives. But innocent women have already died in Arizona and Mexico. And unless Laura can uncover the truth behind chat room lies and deceptions, her blood may be the next to stain the Sonoran desert red.

Hiding from the world in an Arizona desert to escape the violence of her past, Laura Winslow has strayed too close to Mexico, and the part-Hopi hacker-investigator falls into the hands of federal agents. Facing exposure and arrest, she agrees to aid in an investigation of a massive criminal conspiracy--a nightmarish smuggling operation trafficking in human lives After being captured by federal agents, ace hacker fugitive Laura Winslow agrees to aid the government in its attempts to uncover a massive criminal conspiracy in which human lives have become a commodity, only to discover that she has become the next target, unless she can first uncover the truth about the plot. Original.