The black dragon cafe

when utah sheriff bud shumway gets a strange letter saying a perfect crime is about to be committed, he has no idea that it's just the beginning of a series of cryptic happenings, from a body that goes missing to finding another that happens to belong to a popular local photographer. throw in an assortment of plein-air artists, radio-control pilots (even a blimp!), van gogh aficionado, the invisible man, a strange canvas with clues painted on it at night, a bicycle-riding thief, a spooky grave, a messenger from another galaxy, a rockabilly mayor who's in trouble for his economic-development efforts, and an enigmatic petroglyph, and who could ask for more intrigue and adventure in utah's beautiful black dragon canyon? this is book #16 in the bud shumway mystery series.