Statute of Limitations (Posadas County Mysteries, 14)
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ISBN: 1590588770 / Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press, November 2011
When her doctor husband is called to a nearby motel to attend to retired chief-of-police Eduardo Martinez, Posadas County Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman, along with former sheriff Bill Gastner, find themselves investigating an encounter between Martinez and two men who took off in his car and the suspicious out-of-town couple who witnessed the crime. Reprint.
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It's Christmas in Posadas County. Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman is settling down to a quiet evening with her family, until her doctor husband gets a call. It+s from the retired chief- of-police Eduardo Martinez; he+s at a nearby motel, having pains. Doctor Guzman responds, and then Estelle gets a call herself.Estelle and ex-Sheriff Bill Gastner, who was visiting the Guzman home at the time, arrive at the motel parking lot to find it+s turned into the scene of a crime. It appears that Eduardo had an exchange with two men and then collapsed, the men taking off in his car. An out-of-town couple, the woman on the verge of giving birth, were the only ones to witness the encounter, but something seems off in their story.Havill triumphs once again, demonstrating his incredible talent for bringing out the characters and setting of this New Mexico community. This is the fourteenth in Havill's Posadas County mysteries.
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