When Posadas Register reporter Linda Real barely survives her nighttime patrol with one of Undersherrif Bill Gastner’s deputies who is killed by a more accurate shotgun blast than the one that ruins her face, Bill gets angry. Teamed with his intuitive, observant detective Estelle Reyes-Guzman and her usual sharp eye for physical evidence, Bill implicates Tammy Woodruff, the thrill-seeking daughter of the local Republican County Chairman, in the brutal assault. Before he can interrogate her, though, she scoots. Soon Tammy is found crushed to death after her truck goes off the road while she’s loaded with booze—too much alcohol, in fact, for anyone to hold…
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"I listened to this book, and really enjoyed it. The main character is a man after my own heart, over-weight, older, gets short of breath, but the wise old cop who knows all. The narrator was perfect for the book. Good light reading!" — Ellen (4 out of 5 stars)
"I listened to this book, and really enjoyed it. The main character is a man after my own heart, over-weight, older, gets short of breath, but the wise old cop who knows all. The narrator was perfect for the book. Good light reading!"
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" I love this author and I love Sheriff Bill Gastner! He's an overweight 60-something sheriff in the vast nowhere of the boot heel of New Mexico where the closest town of any size is Deming. "
" Another wonderful Undersherif Gastner story. Stolen vehicles, murders,wrecked vehicles. Great plot. "
" Fictional American Southwest setting featuring Sheriff Gastner and company. "
Steven F. Havill is the author of more than twenty novels set in the American West. He taught in secondary schools for twenty-five years and since then earned an associate of applied science degree in gunsmithing. He lives with his wife, Kathleen, in New Mexico.
Rusty Nelson is a voice talent and audiobook narrator.
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