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Heartshot by Steven F. Havill
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
This is the first of the Posadas County mysteries, which introduces undersheriff Bill Gastner.
About Heartshot (from the publisher): Posadas County, New Mexico has very few mean streets and no city-slick cop shop. But it has an earnest, elected Sheriff and his aging Undersheriff — William C. Gastner. Pushing sixty, widower Bill has no other life than in law enforcement — and doesn't want one, even if he's being nudged gently toward retirement.
Then big time trouble strikes. A car full of teens, running from a stop by Deputy Torrez, goes airborne into a rocky outcrop, killing all five kids and revealing a package of cocaine under the seat. Has someone brought big-time crime to the county?
Bill is now dealing with grieving parents — one of whom starts packing a gun. Then a second explosion of violence fells an undercover cop. Under pressure, the sheriff's department pulls together to make a formidable team. Its weak spot may be Bill whose mind is too tough to crumble but whose body, long mistreated, gradually succumbs to stress.
Ignoring all advice — and sense — he pilots the case to a final dramatic, mid-air confrontation where the fate of the killer-and the cop-will be decided …
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Red, Green, or Murder by Steven F. Havill
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
This is the 16th mystery in this series.
About Red, Green, or Murder (from the publisher): Former Posadas County Sheriff Bill Gastner, now a New Mexico Livestock Inspector, is enjoying a day on Herb Torrance's ranch — soaking in the sun as he counts a small herd of cattle and thinking about an upcoming lunch with an old friend back in town. But a light breeze stirs dust, a horse spooks, and Bill finds himself ferrying a broken cowpuncher in the back of his SUV, headed out to meet an ambulance.
Moments later, Bill's day goes from bad to worse as he is summoned by undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman to an investigation of an unattended death. Too impatient for Bill to finish up out at the ranch, old George Payton had decided to eat lunch on his own. A couple of bites later, he collapsed — dead of an apparent heart attack. But something isn't right. It may well have been a heart attack, Estelle agrees, but something triggered it.
Before any questions can be answered, the small herd of cattle Bill had just counted is found wandering down a county highway. But there's no sign of cowpuncher Pat Gabaldon or his boss' $40,000 truck and livestock trailer. Forced into two tangled investigations, Bill faces one of the most complex cases in his 35-year career.
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