A rattlesnake fang pegged in a teenager’s eye is just the beginning of a spring day for Posadas Undersheriff Estelle Guzman. The injured lad’s older brother goes missing, and is found dead in an arroyo, apparently killed by his cartwheeling ATV. But most puzzling is what the dead boy found moments before he was killed…an astonishing discovery that takes deputies back to a five year-old killing. Estelle and the now retired Bill Gastner find themselves looking for a murderer altogether too close to home.
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"Havill understands New Mexico and it's people. His descriptions of characters and scenes are vivid, and he is adept at describing the minute details of criminal investigations as only an insider can."
— Joseph (5 out of 5 stars)
" Evokes the Southwest (new mexico). I liked the characters - I will check and see if our library has more of these. "
— Ruth, 10/25/2013" Good "suspense"in determining who did it. One of the author's better books. "
— Al, 6/19/2013" Terrific sense of place (rural New Mexico) and police procedure with all its minute details. I enjoyed the mix of murders past and present, but found the pace in the first half of the book a little too slow. I stuck with it, however, and was rewarded with more action at the end. "
— Carolyn, 2/22/2013" Great mystery series set along the New Mexico/Mexico border. Our heroine is the lady sheriff. "
— Linda, 3/9/2012" this is a really good series with well drawn characters and decent plots. "
— Michele, 12/6/2011" Having spent time in Deming and Alamorgodo NM, I enjoyed the geography of this book. The plot was interesting but the personal stories and relationships were more interesting. I'll put this author on my TBR list. "
— Lindig, 6/21/2011" Audiobook - Glad to have another entry with Gastner working alongside Estelle. "
— Daphne, 5/14/2011" I love this series. Nothing flashy, just regular people in a regular small New Mexico town doing what regular people do. Small town police procedural with brilliant people at the helm. Good stuff. "
— LeeAnne, 5/2/2011" As usual with this series there are stories within the story. Compelling reading for me. This was an interesting read. "
— Jim, 1/22/2011" An enjoyable read as this fine series continues. "
— Jim, 1/11/2011Steven 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.
Beth Richmond is an American stage, film, and voice actor that has voiced more than one hundred audiobooks. She received a Master’s Degree in acting in 1993 from the American Conservatory Theatre’s Advanced Training Program, where her focus was on text analysis. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.