The Vanishing Kind

From highly acclaimed author Alice Henderson comes the eagerly anticipated and electrifying fourth book in the Alex Carter series, in which the wildlife biologist encounters anti-immigrant vigilantes, rugged terrain, and threatening intruders in search of a sleek, powerful, and furtive animal—the jaguar.
When wildlife biologist Alex Carter is tasked with locating jaguars on a vast desert preserve in New Mexico, she is ecstatic. While jaguars once roamed throughout the Southwest, they are now endangered, with only a handful remaining, and Alex hopes some of the sleek and elusive creatures have found their way to the protected sanctuary.
Meanwhile, an archaeological team is excavating the gravesite of a sixteenth-century Spanish conquistador on a neighboring piece of land. Curious about the dig, Alex meets the team and, while learning about their discoveries, she encounters a dangerous group of anti-immigrant vigilantes roaming the area, threatening the archaeology team, demanding they leave. And when the militants learn of Alex’s mission, they become bent on stopping her. Because jaguars are federally endangered, the vigilantes worry that if Alex finds them, concessions will be made so that wildlife can cross the border wall. And they want no one crossing it…
And then there are the strange holes that keep appearing on the preserve—Who is digging them, and what are they looking for?
As tensions mount, Alex soon finds herself in a fight for her life against those who would prevent her from restoring jaguars to their historical habitat.


“Compelling, captivating, and compulsively page-turning. Alice Henderson is a master at drawing the reader into the rugged terrain where wildlife biologist Alex Carter finds the endangered jaguar isn’t the only one in the crosshairs. With a ripped from the headlines plot, The Vanishing Kind is environmental suspense at its finest.” — James L’Etoile, award-winning author of Face of Greed and River of Lies
"Intrepid wildlife biologist Alex Carter is back….This on-the-page, ass-kicking heroine is just as cool as the real-life endangered species expert and author who writes her…and I remain a huge fan of both. Recommended for fans of page-turning thrillers infused with facts about some of the world's most elusive and fascinating animals." — Sara DiVello, author of Broadway Butterfly and founder/host of Mystery and Thriller Mavens
“Henderson neatly integrates a master class on forests, caribou, and other endangered animals into Alex’s suspenseful search for caribou—and for a killer. The eventual sighting of the elusive caribou, ‘the gray ghosts of the forest,’ is indeed an exciting moment. Alex, who thrives on the outdoors and solitude, makes a formidable heroine, while the breathtaking scenery illustrates why a person would want to be one with nature. Environmental crime fiction doesn’t get much better than this.” — Publishers Weekly on A Ghost of Caribou
“Readers who enjoy a well-paced, suspenseful thriller will give this book a thumbs up, but A Ghost of Caribou is more than that…As much as we care about Alex’s fate at the hands of a killer, we also care about the animal that brought her to the mountains in the first place. There’s real passion here, and that gives the novel added substance.” — Booklist
“{A} superb thriller of heart-pounding suspense set amid the rugged beauty and majestic wildlife of the Pacific Northwest.” — Dirk Cussler, New York Times bestselling author, on A Ghost of Caribou
“Truly a novel of suspense with chilling undercurrents of danger and murder…I was utterly captivated…exciting and riveting.” — Fresh Fiction on A Ghost of Caribou
"Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the woods…Alice Henderson has penned another taut environmental thriller that will leave you breathless.” — Robin Burcell, New York Times bestselling author, on A Ghos