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Posadas County Mysteries #19
Poisoned Pen Press
October 2013
On Sale: September 29, 2013
ISBN: 1464200696 EAN: 9781464200694 Kindle: B00FJACJLY Hardcover / e-Book
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Mystery
What do you do when you inherit $330 million after taxes? If
you’re New Mexico rancher Miles Waddell, you build a dream.
A flat-topped mesa and a third of a billion dollars equals
NIGHTZONE, an astronomy-based theme park, complete with
giant radio telescope, a bank of smaller scopes linked to a
theater, five-star dining in a restaurant with retracting
dome ceiling, a hotel/resort, tram car access, and a narrow
gauge steam locomotive to carry tourists to the mesa top.
Glorious. And too ambitious for many residents of Posadas
County. Waddell’s dream begins to sour as one night two
eco-terrorists make an opening statement by chain-sawing
down power lines that feed the development. One of the
terrorists is killed by a bucking power pole. From 20 miles
away, former Posadas Sheriff William K. Gastner spots a pair
of headlights as the dead man’s companion speeds from the scene. Charges quickly include murder when the fleeing conspirator
is stopped by a cop and guns the lawman down. Hours later a
second shooting occurs when Gastner stops to assist Sgt.
Jackie Taber during an unrelated traffic stop. Always the
last to pull a trigger, the now 74-year old Gastner becomes
the focus of a second investigation by the over-stressed
District Attorney and Sheriff’s Department. Meanwhile,
Waddell’s troubles with rumor-mongers and anti-government
thugs continue. A tired Gastner is unwilling to work
security for NIGHTZONE, but security has become essential. There is a bright spot: Gastner’s godson, 13 year-old
Francisco Guzman. The musical prodigy’s conservatory has
scheduled a double concert in Posadas, part of a national
tour. Yet the timing of this stellar event could not be
worse with the retired Gastner and the whole community
tangling with lethal avengers and agendas.
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