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Red, Green, Or Murder (2009)

by Steven F. Havill(Favorite Author)

3.9 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1590586654 (ISBN13: 9781590586655)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Poisoned Pen Press

series

Posadas County Mystery

review 1: I enjoyed this book by Havill. It was set in a cowboy or rural setting and the chracters were believable and some you wished you had living close to you so you could enjoy them. The plot involving a murder ws worked out over a lot of trials and work by the sheriff and others. It was good reading and kept you turning the pages to see how the story would come out. Liked the book because the heroes were not extrahuman superheroes; the appeared to be real people working on a problem.J. Robert Ewbank author "John Wesley, Natural Man, and the Isms" and "Wesley's Wars"
review 2: It's a crime that I got this book for free. The author should be paid handsomely for this effort with every sale. If you like police procedurals, and mysteries in general, this is an outstandi... moreng novel for you to read. While some mystery readers might like a faster paced story with harder punches, this one moseys along just right for the pace of life in Posadas County, New Mexico until the squeeze is put on the bad guys. There are so many pretenders out there with five-star ratings that the truly deserving books get lost like a voice of reason in a crowd. This novel is right at the top of the heap and needs to be read.Steven F. Havill has written a thinking person's mystery that makes you follow along as former Posadas County Sheriff Bill Gaster gets roped and hog-tide (but without too much cajoling) into two investigations that really challenge his and undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman's powers of observations. The clues are so minute in the murder case that only McCloud might have been up to the task aside from these two to follow their common sense when things just don't add up. Some of the excruciating details might be tough on some readers, but that is marrow in the text for readers of police procedurals.Simultaneously, they tackle a second case, which again shows the patience of the author and Gaster to keep looking at the clues and trying to out duel the thinking process of the bad guys. One of the nicest things about Havill's writing, is the attention given to the minor characters. Their ticks and daily goings-on are so well drawn, it is easy to believe Gaster's 30+ years as a Sheriff in this county and his knowledge of the people he served and protected. He knows the people, knows the place, and understands that investigations and justice sometimes gets accomplished in unconventional ways. And never discount the providence of luck built on the patience of experience to help find the villains. This story is top-notch in its genre and kept me reading long after the wife said, "Shut that light." This book earns its 5-star rating. less

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