Book description
Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman can't help but feel that the recent
beating of Carmen Acosta and the disappearance of Carmen's neighbor,
Kevin Ziegler, are related. She's just not sure how. There had been a
fight-over a boy. Carmen Acosta had been suspended for six days, Deena
for only three. And Carmen's vengeful friends were still around. To most
people, hat pins are vestiges of the past, used now only by elderly
ladies who don't leave home without a hat. But Deena wanted something to
defend herself with. Is Deena somehow responsible for Carmen's injuries?
Estelle has many suspects to choose from, since the Acosta family holds
the record for the number of domestic violence calls the police have
received. Is someone in the family responsible? Or is it someone else
entirely? County manager Ziegler had a good relationship with Carmen's
family, and was well respected in the community. Did Ziegler have a
darker secret? Steven F. Havill lives with his wife of more than forty
years, Kathleen, in Ratón, New Mexico. He is the author of more than
twenty novels set in the American west, taught secondary schools for 25
years, and recently earned an AAS degree in gunsmithing.
