STEVEN F. HAVILL
ISBN#0-373-26545-X
November 2005
Worldwide Mystery
225 Duncan Mill Rd., Don Mills, Ontario M3B 3K9
Paperback
$5.99
284 Pages
Mystery
Rating:
As the Posadas County, New Mexico, Undersheriff, Estelle Reyes-Guzman knows how
to avoid the pitfalls and potholes of small town politics and even smaller town minds.
However, when a girl is savagely beaten and a man goes missing all in one day, she
knows something much bigger is in the wind.
When Estelle confiscates a sharpened hatpin from a middle school student, she has no
idea that it will lead to the assault on a young girl or a missing person in the form of town
manager, Kevin Zeigler.
Is Mr. Zeigler a suspect or a victim that was in the wrong place at the wrong time? Her
investigation leads her down a treacherous and winding path filled with potential
suspects and ends up in one of the most unlikely places. Posadas County may be a
small town, but that does not mean it does not have big time corruption simmering
beneath its seemingly placid surface.
Being from a very small town myself, and having worked in a police department/town
hall, I really understood this book. The undersheriff having to deal with council members
that entertain a god complex is something that happens every day. I really loved the way
the sheriff’s department used good old-fashioned detective work instead of resorting to
flashy methods. This mystery is engrossing and keeps you in suspense right up until the
end.
Jenn
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