Book description
A man's body is found in the unforgiving New Mexico desert, his face so
smashed that identification is impossible. It's the beginning of a
brutal murder spree that will take Posadas County's new undersheriff,
Estelle Reyes-Guzman, into a case with roots on both sides of the
border. Retired Sheriff Bill Gastner, now a livestock inspector for the
state, is still close at hand to provide unerring logic and horse sense
as Reyes-Guzman attempts to identify the “Juan” Doe. Another body turns
up in a shallow grave, revealing little about the killer, but more about
the victims. And when a suspicious fire takes a third life, the terrible
twist finally offers the break Estelle has been looking for, one that
will lead her back into a harsh, merciless desert where death welcomes
all. 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.
