Steven F. Havill. Poisoned Pen, $24.95 (306p) ISBN 978-1-4642-0389-3
In Havill’s engrossing 20th mystery set in New Mexico’s Posadas County (after 2013’s NightZone), cop Estelle Reyes-Guzman is so busy that she can’t take the persistent phone calls from her local bank. When she finally does, she gets her first hint...
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Steven F. Havill. Poisoned Pen, $26.95 (308p) ISBN 978-1-4642-0527-9
In Havill’s strong 21st mystery set in New Mexico (after 2015’s Blood Sweep), a series of major and minor events tax the meager resources of the Posadas County’s Sheriff’s Department. NightZone—a “mammoth astronomy theme park project,” complete with
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Steven F. Havill. Poisoned Pen, $26.95 (262p) ISBN 978-1-4642-0924-6
Havill’s 22nd Posadas County mystery (after 2016’s Come Dark) keeps this long-running series fresh by taking a trip back in time to 1986, when laconic Bill Gastner was still undersheriff and working with Robert Torrez, then a rookie. The day after a
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Steven F. Havill. Poisoned Pen, $26.95 (328p) ISBN 978-1-4642-1033-4
Havill’s irresistible 23rd mystery set in tiny Posadas County, N.Mex. (after 2017’s Easy Errors), combines a police procedural with a complex family saga. One snowy evening a few days before Christmas, Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman receives a...
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Steven F. Havill. Poisoned Pen, $15.99 trade paper (304p) ISBN 978-1-4926-9909-5
Havill’s rambling 24th mystery set in New Mexico’s Posadas County (after 2018’s Lies Come Easy) provides an update on Miles Waddel’s NightZone, his “astronomical mesa-top development,” complete with a planetarium, futuristic hotel, and five-star...
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Steven F. Havill. Poisoned Pen, $15.99 trade paper (288p) ISBN 978-1-4642-1512-4
Havill’s enticing 25th Posadas County mystery (after 2020’s Less than a Moment) finds Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman at the Broken Spur Saloon, where local hothead Johnny Rabke has thrown a billiard ball at a visiting bar patron up from Mexico...
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