Savvy storytelling infused with a spicy Southwestern setting."Not only does Havill offer a melancholy reinterpretation of that grand western myth of the slow-talking, fast-thinking lawman, he also writes crisp, marvelously detailed police procedurals in which a mix of technical know-how and informed common sense gets things done."--Booklist Bill Gastner is going crazy recuperating from heart surgery. 2001, Bag Limit (0-312-25183-1)..
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Poisoned Pen Press has republished the five earlier novels in Steven Havill\'s carefully, cleverly detailed police procedural series richly redolent of southern New Mexico.
A stringent search convinces Bill, his treasured deputy Estelle Reyes-Guzman, and Sheriff Martin Holman that the boy has been spirited away.
Meanwhile a young boy out camping has vanished from atop Cat Mesa.
Moreover, Gastner finds his cranky ancient neighbor Florencio Apodaca has borrowed a bit of land to bury his equally ancient wife--and the dead woman\'s stepson questions if she died a natural death.
The Undersheriff arrives in Posadas County only to learn that his own home has been burgled.
Dreaming of green chili, he\'s rescued by a phone call from back home.
Savvy storytelling infused with a spicy Southwestern setting."Not only does Havill offer a melancholy reinterpretation of that grand western myth of the slow-talking, fast-thinking lawman, he also writes crisp, marvelously detailed police procedurals in which a mix of technical know-how and informed common sense gets things done."--Booklist Bill Gastner is going crazy recuperating from heart surgery
