When Dr. Dick Meyer, a 55-year-old counselor and author turned amateur criminal psychologist, becomes involved in an unusual murder case with a disturbing lack of cadavers, the experience becomes unbearably personal. The victim is Mary Martinez, a personal friend and woman who seemed to have it all. She becomes angel number one in this crime novel, A Shortage of Bodies, set in Southern Arizona. A mysterious box containing ominous souvenirs of the crime is left in the front yard of Desert County⿿s Sheriff Jerry Morgan. Morgan quickly assembles an unlikely band of investigators including Dick Meyer and a newly immigrated, retired Scotland Yard detective, Ian MacLennan. They soon discover that Mary⿿s not the only woman gone missing and presumed murdered. The search is on in the beautiful but deadly Desert Southwest. A Shortage of Bodies is the first novel for Dr. McKay who has co-authored 14 books and parent/teacher education programs, including How You Feel Is Up To You; Body, Mind, and Spirit; Calming the Family Storm; and Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP), the world's leading parent education program. He is a retired psychologist and a diplomate in Adlerian Psychology (North American Society of Adlerian Psychology -- NASAP). As an international educational and psychological consultant, Gary has conducted workshops in human relations, anger management, and parent/teacher study-group leader training.