Mark of the Lion — Suzanne M. Arruda

In 1919, when most women only dream of adventure, Jade del Cameron lives it. After growing up tough on a New Mexico ranch and driving an ambulance on the front lines of World War I, she can fire a rifle with deadly precision and stare down men maddened by shell shock. Still suffering trauma from the Great War, she sets offfor Africa determined to fulfill a man's dying wish....

With his last breath, Jade's beloved David asked her to find the brother he only recently learned he had. All clues point Jade to the East African city of Nairobi, where she soon has reason to believe that David's father was murdered. She hears the natives whisper about a laibon -- a witch doctor -- terrorizing the land. They speak of being attacked by wild beasts that bear strange shaved patterns and bone beads in their fur -- signs of animals being mystically guided by an avenging human.

In a land where tribal traditions clash with the so-called civilization of unruly Bri expatriates, Jade must draw upon all her ingenuity and courage to unmask the expose the killer ... and stay alive to fight another day.