Sheriff Estelle is called to teenager Carmen Acosta\'s home.
He is the author of 21 novels set in the American west, taught secondary schools for 25 years, and recently earned an AAS degree in gunsmithing..
Havill lives with his wife of 40 years, Kathleen, in Rat n, New Mexico.
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Bill may officially be retired, but he\'s quick to give Estelle the value of his experience when she needs it, and proud to have been chosen by the Guzman boys to be their surrogate abuelo--grandfather.
But the threats from Havill\'s fans would have been dire if he had dispensed with Billl Gastner, the dearly loved former sheriff.
Estelle is not only an undersheriff, she is the mother of two delightful little boys, the wife of a warm and likeable surgeon, Mexican-American like herself, and the daughter of a wise old woman whose life has been spent south of the border.
The question is, which of the other four children or two parents is responsible? Or is it someone else entirely? Havill draws his readers into the life of this small border county in New Mexico.
Estelle has many other suspects to choose from, since the Acosta family holds the record for the number of domestic violence calls the police have received.
When she arrives, Carmen\'s father, Freddie, is in police custody and an unconscious Carmen is on the way to the hospital "beat to a pulp." There has been a fight over a boy, but it is hard to believe that the also young Deena is responsible.
Sheriff Estelle is called to teenager Carmen Acosta\'s home
