Undersheriff Bill Gaster finds his detective skills put to the test when the sheriff dies in a plane crash, and Bill discovers that the pilot had been shot to death. Reprint.

Out Of Season (Wwl Mystery)

Literature & Fiction

Havill, Steven

Contemporary

Worldwide Library

Dead Weight: A Sheriff Bill Gastner Mystery

Small-town sheriff Bill Gastner faces a crisis when an anonymous letter accuses one of his trusted deputies of corruption, a crisis complicated further by the death of one half of a troubled couple that looks increasingly like murder. Reprint.

Robert Patterson, the only doctor in the frontier town of Cooperville, Colorado, tracks an unseen killer in the midst of an anthrax epidemic

The Worst Enemy (A Double d Western)

United States

DOUBLEDAY

After making a bundle of money, Frank Buckley returns to the quiet town of Coffee Creek, and trouble, stemming from the one, fatal mistake he has made, follows

Leadfire

Bert Schmidt, a tough and honest millowner, singlehandedly uncovers a clandestine band of thieves to clear his name of rustling charges

Timber Blood

Walker Co

Bert Schmidt, a tough and honest millowner, singlehandedly uncovers a clandestine band of thieves to clear his name of rustling charges

Timber Blood (G. K. Hall Nightingale Series Edition)

G.K.Hall & Co.

"Gastner's capabilities are plausible for a septuagenarian, and Havill peoples the book with believable characters." ―Publishers Weekly STARRED review
What do you do when you inherit $330 million after taxes? If you're New Mexico rancher Miles Waddell, you build a dream. Waddell's dream is 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.
But the dream becomes a nightmare when two eco-terrorists chain-saw down power lines that feed the development. One of them is killed by a bucking power pole; the other escapes by car. From 20 miles away, retired Posadas Sheriff William K. Gastner spots a pair of headlights as the dead man's companion speeds from the scene.
Soon charges include murder when the fleeing conspirator is stopped by a cop and guns the lawman down. Hours later Gastner stops to assist Sgt. Jackie Taber during an unrelated traffic stop, and 74-year-old Gastner becomes the focus of a second investigation by the District Attorney and Sheriff's Department.

NightZone (Posadas County Mysteries, 19)

Poisoned Pen Press

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. NightZone is the 19th entry in the sweeping Las Posadas series delighting fans of Tony Hillerman, Dana Stabenow, and Archer Mayor.

A newly minted graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1890, Dr. Thomas Parks heads to the big timber country of Puget Sound to practice trauma medicine. An hour after stepping off the boat he's nearly crushed to death by a less-than-surefooted mule and finds himself a patient rather than a physician. As he convalesces, he discovers that his host, an aging and venerable physician friend of his father's, is running an elaborate medical scam, selling worthless concoctions nationwide, with enormous sales. Limited to practicing medicine with one functioning eye, one hand, and one leg, Thomas grapples with exposing the old family friend. To make matters worse, an epidemic threatens the town and surrounding area. Will the young doctor's first trip to the Northwest be his last?

Race for the Dying (Dr. Thomas Parks Series, 1)

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Out Of Season (Wwl Mystery)

Dead Weight: A Sheriff Bill Gastner Mystery

The Worst Enemy (A Double d Western)

Leadfire

Timber Blood

Timber Blood (G. K. Hall Nightingale Series Edition)

NightZone (Posadas County Mysteries, 19)

NightZone (Posadas County Mysteries, 19)

Race for the Dying (Dr. Thomas Parks Series, 1)

Race for the Dying (Dr. Thomas Parks Series, 1)