"Gastner is an incisive investigator whose two most valuable qualities are compassion and insomnia.
He\'s also sure that elder.
Unlike other fictional detectives who approach murder as a personal affront, Gastner sees himself as the victims\' advocate, striving to even the scales of justice for those no longer able to do it themselves." -- Booklist Bill Gastner, Undersheriff of Posadas County, knows ancient Anna Hocking didn\'t fall down her fruit cellar stairs by accident. "Gastner is an incisive investigator whose two most valuable qualities are compassion and insomnia