Description: Elderly Undersherrif Bill Gastner, in Posadas County, New Mexico, is about to lose his valuable deputy when his boss, the sheriff, dies in a plane crash. Questions about the crash are overshadowed by the coroner's finding that the pilot was killed by gun shots.
Brief description:
Steven F. Havill lives with his wife of fifty-three years, Kathleen, in New Mexico. He is the author of thirty-two novels, taught secondary schools for 25 years, and recently earned an AAS degree in gunsmithing.
Review Quotes: "Gastner's calm, experienced leadership guides his staff, as well as FAA officials, through several prickly conflicts with a couple of fiercely independent ranchers. For readers, his considerate, methodical approach will prove a welcome change from the angry, violent paths trod by so many cops in other novels. Full of bright local color and suffused with a compassionate understanding of human motivation, this intelligent, understated mystery deserves a wide and appreciative readership." -- Publishers Weekly STARRED Review