Steven F. Havill

Blood Sweep - Posadas County Mysteries Steven F. Havill

Publisher Marketing: Gifted fifteen-year-old Francisco Guzman has become an internationally renowned concert pianist, touring the world under the auspices of his music conservatory. That gives his mother, Posadas County Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman, plenty of reason to worry--and that's magnified when she learns that he's in Mexico s crime-ridden Mazatlan for a concert series where he may be the target for scam artists and kidnappers. Estelle s worries go from bad to worse when her uncle a man she didn't know existed surfaces in an attempt to mend family ties and leaves a trail of corpses in his wake. Estelle s attempts to glean family history the story of her childhood in Tres Santos over the border from her adopted mother, a woman now in her nineties, go nowhere. Meanwhile, escalating events put Sheriff Bobby Torrez in jeopardy, as they do newly wealthy rancher Miles Waddell and his pet project, the multi-million dollar theme park, NightZone, set high on a county mesa. Just when his sage advice might be most useful, former sheriff and family friend Bill Gastner takes a dive in the shadows of his own garage. Now his far-flung family is added to the mix of people and events astir in the boot heel of New Mexico." Review Citations:

Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2015 pg. 43 (EAN 9781464203893, Paperback)

Publishers Weekly 02/16/2015 (EAN 9781464203893, Paperback) - *Starred Review

Booklist 04/01/2015 pg. 29 (EAN 9781464203893, Paperback)

Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2015 (EAN 9781464203879, Hardcover)

Publishers Weekly 02/16/2015 pg. 163 (EAN 9781464203879, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

Booklist 04/01/2015 pg. 29 (EAN 9781464203879, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Havill, Steven Steven F. Havill lives with his wife of more than forty years, Kathleen, in New Mexico. He is the author of more than twenty novels, taught secondary schools for 25 years, and recently earned an AAS degree in gunsmithing. NightZone is the 19th novel in his sweeping Posadas County Mystery Series.