About the Authors

Maureen and Danny Motola have traveled Baja and the Sea of Cortez by plane, by boat and by truck.  They discovered the lovely bay of San Luis Gonzaga in 1970 while exploring the area by boat and returned to build a vacation home there.  Both are pilots, sailors, scuba divers and real estate brokers.  They currently own Mountain Resort Properties in Truckee, CA and divide their time between selling property and writing mystery novels, based on - where else - the mountains and the Sea of Cortez.

This book Murder on the Rock Pile begins when Roberto and Jessie, both PIs, find a body that has washed down an arroyo in a flash flood on the dreaded stretch of dirt road called "the rock pile".  They determine that the cause of death was a bullet and have reason to believe he is a member of their small vacation community on the Sea of Cortez.  Their investigations leads them to flying adventures and boating incidents until they get too close to the real killer.  Too late they find that the killer is one of their closest friends, and a bout with sharks almost costs them their lives.  Aided by their trusty all-black Great Dane, Spade, they put off their vacation plans until they solve the case.  Rob brings to the reader the culture and food of Mexico and Jessie shares her love of flying.