cover image The Ghost Ocean

The Ghost Ocean

Richard Benke. University of New Mexico Press, $24.95 (288pp) ISBN 978-0-8263-3194-6

In Richard Benke's debut, The Ghost Ocean (the title refers to the prehistoric sea that once covered part of New Mexico), Bureau of Land Management ranger Will Mann stumbles on the body of a 12-year-old girl in a remote wilderness area near the Mexican border. The search for truth and justice takes many twists and turns before the affecting final scene. (Mar)