Blood Sweep: A Posadas County Mystery
Steven F. Havill
Poisoned Pen, Apr 7 2015, $24.95
ISBN 9781464203893
In Posadas County, New Mexico an unknown sniper just misses
killing Sheriff Robert Torrez. The trail
leads to a dead Miguel A. Quesada, whose vehicle contains a rifle that could be
the one used in the murder attempt; but leaves unanswered who killed him and
why.
Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman worries about her beloved former
boss retired Sheriff Bill Gastner who broke his hip; her nonagenarian mom who
withdrew $8000 from the bank; and her concert pianist son performing in a
cartel dominated area of Mexico. Adding
to her tsuris is meeting Benedicte Mazón, who insists he is the black sheep uncle
she never met before or even heard of.
The twentieth Posadas County police procedural is an intriguing
mystery in which Reyes-Guzman’s family drama supersedes the Torrez-Quesada
subplot. Targeting longtime fans, Blood Sweep engages those who have read the backstory (see
NightZone and One Perfect Shot); newcomers will
appreciate the police case and the rustic environs but struggle with
understanding what the heroine knows and more significantly not knows re her
family.
Harriet Klausner
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