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Posadas County mysteries volume 7
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Undersheriff Bill Gastner of New Mexico investigates the death of his superior who was involved in a secret investigation on his own. He died in a plane crash and an autopsy shows the pilot was killed by gunfire from the ground.
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Missing mystery volume no. 31
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When Posadas Register reporter Linda Real barely survives her nighttime patrol with one of Undersherrif Bill Gastner's deputies who is killed by a more accurate shotgun blast than the one that ruins her face, Bill gets angry. Teamed with his intuitive, observant detective Estelle Reyes-Guzman and her usual sharp eye for physical evidence, Bill implicates Tammy Woodruff, the thrill-seeking daughter of the local Republican County Chairman, in the brutal...
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Posadas County mysteries volume 5
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In New Mexico, Undersheriff Bill Gastner investigates the murder of a high school girl. Suspicion centers on a cyclist, until someone tries to run him down, whereupon Gastner realizes the murderer drives a car. By the author of Before She Dies.
4) Twice buried
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In New Mexico, Undersheriff Bill Gastner investigates the death of a real estate agent with the help of Estelle Reyes-Guzman, the prime suspect's niece.
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Posadas County mysteries volume 6
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Undersheriff Bill Gastner finds his cranky ancient neighbor Florencio Apodaca has borrowed a bit of land to bury his equally ancient wife--and the dead woman's stepson questions if she died a natural death.
6) Scavengers
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In the wake of the retirement of Posadas County Sheriff Bill Gastner, Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman finds herself dealing with a flu-ridden family and the investigation into two brutal murders.
8) Heartshot
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Posadas County mysteries volume 1
Pub. Date
2000
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New Mexico Undersheriff Bill Gastner is presented with a case that appears to have brought big time crime, including drug gangs, to the country.
9) Bag limit
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Posadas County mysteries volume 9
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"Parked high on a side road on the flank of the second highest peak in the San Cristobal mountains, peacefully surveying what soon would no longer be his responsibility as a sheriff, almost-seventy Bill Gastner could think that the night would be without incident. He'd be wrong. He doesn't foresee that a car full of alcohol-inspired adolescents would run into his automobile. Nor that the driver would take off and disappear in the nearby woods. Far...
10) Dead weight
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Posadas County mysteries volume 8
Pub. Date
[2000]
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A well-seasoned sixty-nine, Sheriff Bill Gastner knows his Posadas, New Mexico, territory as well as he understands the foibles of the human condition. So when a backhoe crushes a man to death, it's more instinct than fact that leaves him feeling there's more to this "accident" than meets the eye.
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Posadas County mysteries volume 11
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Recently named the new undersheriff of Posadas County, Estelle Reyes-Guzman investigates the disappearance of a local insurance broker and the death of a young single mother whose fatal motorcycle accident may have been caused by a vengeful local cop.
12) One perfect shot
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2011.
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When a county employee is found shot to death in sun-drenched daylight while sitting in his county road grader, [Undersheriff] Bill Gastner is faced with puzzling questions.
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Posadas County mysteries volume 17
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A boy goes missing and is found dead in an arroyo, apparently killed in an ATV accident. But the discovery he made moments before he was killed is puzzling... and takes deputies back to a five year old killing and has them looking for a murderer too close to home.
14) NightZone
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Posadas County mysteries volume 19
Pub. Date
2013.
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"What do you do when you inherit $330 million after taxes? If you're New Mexico rancher Miles Waddell, you build a dream."--Amazon.com.
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Posadas County mysteries volume 21
Pub. Date
2016.
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The Posadas High School girls' volleyball team is on a hot winning streak, exciting everyone. But then the coach, Clint Scott, is found gunned down in the girls' shower room, the victim of four bullets, one fired nearly point blank into his heart. Dead for hours, he was killed soon after the end of last night's game. And, last night, a homegrown Banksy tagged several sites in town before he apparently began work on a section of wall outside the girls'...
16) Easy errors
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2017.
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The 22nd Posadas County Mystery, is a prequel to the prequel of the series, One Perfect Shot. It explores the younger Gastner, introduces Sheriff Eduardo Salcido, and traces the development of series stalwarts. When the first Posadas County mystery, Heartshot, published in 1991, Bill Gastner was the county Undersheriff. Over time Bill became Sheriff, then retired, and Robert Torrez took over the top spot. But what were Torrez's first days as a rookie...
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Posadas County mysteries volume 16
Pub. Date
[2009]
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"Former Posadas County Sheriff Bill Gastner, now a New Mexico Livestock Inspector, is enjoying a day on Herb Torrance's ranch--soaking in the sun as he counts a small herd of cattle and thinking about an upcoming lunch with an old friend back in town. But a light breeze stirs dust, a horse spooks, and Bil finds himself ferrying a broken cowpuncher in the back of his SUV, headed out to meet an ambulance. Moments later, Bill's day goes from bad to worse...
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Posadas County mysteries volume 23
Pub. Date
2018.
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One blizzardy New Mexico night, Posadas County Deputy Pasquale picks up a toddler scooting his Scamper along the shoulder of State 56. Yes, it's horrifying - a child apparently dumped out of a truck by his father. Nearly as horrifying is what unrolls while Christmas approaches after dad Darrell Fisher's arrest: a request arrives from the US Forest Service to locate a missing range tech and his unit last reported headed for nearby Stinkin' Springs,...