Death on the Red Rocks: A Spider Latham Red Rock Mystery (Spider Latham Mysteries)

Who's Spider Latham? Think a cross between John Wayne and Miss Marple. Spider finds himself at loose ends. He's no longer a deputy, no longer in his childhood home, and no longer sure where he fits in. Than an eminent scientist falls to his death from the cliffs above town. The circumstances are suspicious--and all those with a motive for murder are house guests of the Latham's. It's Deputy Sheriff Toby Flint's case, but as everyone knows, Deputy Flint couldn't detect his way out of a paper bag. Helping him, Spider finds himself up to his neck in conjectures and clues until someone knocks him out and dumps him into Peek-a-boo Canyon during a rainstorm. Then he's up to his neck in water. Feverishly working with Toby, Spider's intent on unsnarling the mystery before someone--one of his house guests?--makes another try on his life.