From the Publisher
XLIBRIS NEWS RELEASE, JUNE 2004
Does America have a hand in the outbreak of Mad Cow and Foot and Mouth diseases in Great Britain? Was a similar outbreak in Washington State merely a case of the past haunting the present? Benson S. Forbes dishes out an intelligent and solid mystery novel in MAD COWS COME BACK TO BITE. Through two unlikely protagonists, we race through England and America, rummaging through the inner workings of governments and top-secret agencies, on a mission to expose cover-ups of botched military experiments of the past.
Outbreaks of Foot and Mouth and Mad Cow diseases are taking a toll in England. Public demonstrations are growing violent. The Prime Minister refuses to step down despite a vote of no confidence over a LONDON TIMES report that Great Britain has formed a military alliance with Russia, causing strained relations with America. What is happening inside the halls of governance? Only two people can untangle the web of confusion and cover-ups. The unlikely duo of George Goater, a fumbling, drunken Englishman, and General Howard Kingsman, an American war hero, scour England, Barbados and Hawaii for pieces of a monstrous jigsaw puzzle. On the way, they encounter a host of characters representing pieces of the puzzle; among them, a sexy toxicologist, a dashing London playboy, two ancient Chinese hermits, a championship horse breeder and a malicious drug lord.
Benson S. Forbes melds fiction and facts in this engaging new novel that is at the same time witty and hilarious. MAD COWS COME BACK, for all its humor and wild adventure, is an intelligent read; for one, it dispels the myths surrounding Creutzfeld-Jacobs (Mad Cow) Disease. Delve into the past and piece the puzzle together.
From the Inside Flap
In America newly elected President Glenn Forbes is handed a terrible legacy from his predecessors.
Across the Atlantic outbreaks of Foot and Mouth and Mad Cow Diseases are taking a toll on England as public demonstrations grow violent. Despite a vote of no confidence, Prime Minister Alistair Cain refuses to resign over a reported military alliance with Russia that is jeopardizing Great Britain's relations with America.
Something sinister is at work, but what?
Only George Goater, a bumbling, drunken Englishman, and General Howard Kingsman, an American war hero, can sort it out as they embark on wild and often hilarious investigations in England, Barbados and Hawaii.
When George Goater is forced to retire from a government ministry, he expects to live a peaceful life in the English countryside. He does not expect to be strong-armed by CIA agents or to find a strange woman living at his father's farm. He would never dream of mixing with the rich and famous at an exclusive Barbados resort, not to mention winning the love of an aristocrat.
In carrying out a top-secret mission for the President, confirmed bachelor General Howard Kingsman expects to quickly and quietly resolve the crisis threatening his country. He does not expect to confront the long buried sins of his youth, and he certainly does not anticipate falling in love with a subordinate.
