Synopses & Reviews
Dogs have long been man's best friend, but the Bug Man's friends is a rare breed . . . the cadaver dog.
All roads lead to the White House for John Henry Braden, the charismatic senator from Virginia aristocracy whose beautiful wife Victoria is the talk of Washington and the crown jewel of Endor, her backwoods Virginia hometown.
But when bodies turn up on Braden's property-the site of a multimillion dollar construction project he's spearheading-the senator's spin doctors, led by his future first lady, must act quickly to quell a conspiracy before it blemishes their presidential campaign.
Enter entomologist Nick Polchak, the quirky bug expert enlisted to determine if the senator's bone yard is a forgotten cemetery or a crime scene.
To help with the investigation, Polchak follows local legend to Alena Savard, a mysterious woman known for her ability to turn mongrels into the best search dogs around. They soon find themselves on the trail of a desperate individual bent on protecting a terrible secret.
Less than Dead is an unforgettable tale of crime and concealment in the corridors of high-stakes politics-as well as in the deepest contours of the human heart.
Synopsis
Nick Polchak, The Bug Man, has finally met his match--an outcast who trains dogs to locate cadavers.
When a grave is discovered on the property being excavated for the new Patriot Center mall--property that is owned by the front-running candidate for the next presidential election--the FBI immediately becomes involved. Nick's services are requested to help determine if this is a forgotten graveyard or evidence of foul play. But when the cadaver team the FBI has secured can't find any more graves, Nick follows local legend to a bizarre woman named Alena who keeps to herself in the mountains and trains the best cadaver dogs.
When the FBI team takes credit for Alena's work on the local news and then immediately vanishes, Nick knows there's more here than simply a forgotten graveyard. This small town--and the presidential-hopeful and his wife--have closets full of skeletons. But how far will they go to keep Nick and Alena from uncovering the truth?
Synopsis
When a grave is discovered on the property owned by the front-running candidate for the next presidential election, Nick Polchak knows there's more here than simply a forgotten graveyard. The town, the presidential-hopeful, and his wife have closets full of skeletons, but how far will they go to hide the truth?
Synopsis
Some secrets just won't stay buried.
When strange bones surface on a U.S. senator's property, the FBI enlists forensic entomologist Nick Polchak to investigate the forgotten graveyard. Polchak's orders are simple: figure out the mess.
But Polchak, known as the Bug Man because of his knowledge of insects and their interaction with the dead, senses darker secrets buried beneath the soil.
Secrets that could derail the senator's presidential bid.
Secrets buried in the history of a quaint Virginia town.
Secrets someone is willing to kill to protect.
With the help of a mysterious local woman named Alena and her uncanny cadaver dogs, Polchak sets out to dig up the truth.
But with a desperate killer hot on his trail, he'll be lucky to wind up anything less than dead.