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Steven F. Havill
Octogenarian former sheriff Bill Gastner and Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman investigate a puzzling double murder in this twisty, page-turning instalment in the critically acclaimed Posadas County mystery series
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A fatal road crash - a domestic incident turned deadly - if it isn't one thing, it's another for Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman in this intricately plotted, warm-hearted Posadas County mystery…
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Marks the author’s 20th title in the Posadas County mystery series –Page 4 of cover.
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Posadas County, New Mexico, is in the news. NightZone, a mammoth astronomy theme park, is bringing in jobs, media, and such new infrastructure as a slick narrow-gauge railway to transport…
When the first Posadas County Mystery, Heartshot, published in 1991, Bill Gastner was the county Undersheriff. Over time Bill became Sheriff, then retired, and Robert Torrez took over the top…
Series numbering taken from dust jacket.
A Posadas County Sheriff’s Department Dispatcher sticks a Post-It note on an incident report. What he meant to write was, ‘Not for news,’ hoping that the newspaper reporter who drops…
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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…
When the first Posadas County Mystery, Heartshot, published in 1991, Bill Gastner was the county Undersheriff. Over time Bill became Sheriff, then retired, and ..
It’s 1892, and young Dr. Thomas Parks, keeping busy stitching and bandaging lumberjacks’ injuries, has no idea that his worst enemy is lurking in the sleepy village of Port McKinney…
When Asian cholera strikes Port McKinney in 1892, Dr. Thomas Parks and his clinic are swamped. Afraid for the safety of those close to him, Thomas is driven by professional…
Praise for the Race for the Dying… Havill sets up a number of colorful dramatic situations that ought to please readers who take their westerns neat. -Publishers Weekly A newly…
Good cops have no use for coincidence
When a driver slams his pickup truck-twice-into a tandem bike being ridden by Carlos Guzman and his fiancee, Tasha, in Briones, California, it’s…
Originally published: New York: St. Martin’s Press, c1997.
Praise for Prolonged Exposure…
Crisp writing and clarity of focus make this a pleasure to read.
-Library Journal
…another excellent small-town caper in which common sense, compassion, loyalty, and decency…
A well seasoned sixty-nine, Sheriff Bill Gastner knows his Posadas, New Mexico, territory as well as he understands the foibles of the human condition. So when a backhoe crushes a…
Now that Sheriff Bill Gastner has retired, Posadas County’s new undersheriff, Estelle Reyes-Guzman, must solve the latest murder case in the New Mexico desert.
Aging Posadas County Undersheriff Bill Gastner has weathered his quadruple bypass and is taking a rare vacation up in New Mexico’s northern mountains. He’s escaping meddlesome medical providers who wish…
Estelle Reyes-Guzman plunges into her new job as undersheriff of Posadas county and the action never stops. In this second adventure, she must deal with the disappearance of the local…
Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman investigates the beating of a middle school student and the disappearance of her neighbor, the county manager. Estelle suspects Carmen’s suspension from school may have caused her…
A rattlesnake fang pegged in a teenager’s eye is just the beginning of a spring day for Posadas Undersheriff Estelle Guzman. The injured lad’s older brother goes missing, and is…
Former Posadas County Sheriff Bill Gastner, now a New Mexico Livestock Inspector, is enjoying a day on Herb Torrances. But Bill soon finds himself ferrying a broken cowpuncher in the…
On the eve of a cycle-cross bicycle race, Posadas Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman has even more pressing concerns on her mind. Someone has been using Jerry Turner’s big Cessna 206 and…
Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman is settling down to a quiet evening with her family, until her doctor husband gets a call. Retired Chief-of-police Eduardo Martinez is at a nearby motel, having…
After a long day at work, Undersheriff Estelle is happy to clear off her deskand drive home to her beloved family. But soon she’s back on the job: a truckhas…
Praise for earlier Posadas County mysteries… Descriptions…as spare as the Southwest desert, and the action gallops along. -Publishers Weekly of Statute of Limitations New Mexico rancher Miles Waddell is building…
Praise for Twice Buried… Havill sensitively explores the area’s Mexican-American culture in this increasingly estimable regional series. -Publishers Weekly Gastner is an incisive investigator whose two most valuable qualities are…
Reprint. Originally published: New York: St Martin’s Press, c1996.
About to retire after 32 years, Posadas County, New Mexico, Sheriff Bill Gastner anticipates his last few days in office will be uneventful. However, Gastner becomes embroiled in the toughest…
Undersheriff Bill Gastner has no other life than in law enforcement–and doesn’t want one, even if hes being nudged gently toward retirement. When a car full of teens, running from…
