Book description
On a bleak Christmas morning, Sewa Tribal Police Officer Heather
English patrols a desolate canyon on the Arizona reservation. Her
father, the Benteen County, Kansas Sheriff, is lonely enough with no
family around to go work at his office. On the way, Sheriff English
calms a wild incident in a church parking lot. Then receives a death
threat. The crèche, at the center of the town's largest holiday yard
display, has been desecrated. Its owner plans to kill the neighbors he
suspects are responsible. To keep their husband and father home, his
family gives the sheriff the man's guns and promises not to let him make
trouble. Soon the county fills with rumors that the sheriff is
systematically violating Second Amendment rights and seizing every
weapon. A local militia turns out, locked and loaded, and ready to do
what it takes to stop him. Meanwhile, in Arizona, Heather stumbles on
the newly elected governor, newly murdered. A note explains his death is
part of a drug war. His killer promises Heather she'll be among the
victims. Her Uncle Mad Dog, a Cheyenne wanna be shaman, is involved.
Someone thinks Mad Dog is a drug lord and sends him a last minute gift-a
severed human hand. Careful police work, a little Cheyenne magic, and
maybe a Christmas miracle are needed to restore peace on earth. One
slip, however, and Mad Dog, Sheriff English, and Heather will rest in
peace-eternally! This is the sixth in a series. J. M. Hayes was born
and raised on the flat earth of central Kansas where Prairie Gothic
takes place. He graduated from Wichita State University and did another
three years of post graduate work at the University of Arizona. He
shares a home in Tucson, AZ with his wife, several computers, four
thousand or so books, and a small herd of German Shepherds.
