Mexican Hat by Michael Mcgarrity
With his dazzling debut, Tularosa, Michael McGarrity was hailed "a born storyteller" (Denver Post)—and introduced readers to a memorable new hero, ex-Santa Fe chief of detectives Kevin Kerney. Now, featuring his vivid feel for the southwest, McGarrity's second gripping novel hurls Kerney onto the toughest case of his life. Taking a job as a seasonal forest ranger in New Mexico's Gila Wilderness, Kevin Kerney is looking forward to a quiet summer high in the mountains. But the murder of a Mexican tourist, and the discovery of a disoriented old man in the wild, thrust Kerney into an investigation that will carry him back in time to a sixty-year-old feud between two land-rich brothers, Edgar and Eugene Cox. Enlisting young state game and fish officer Jim Stiles to help solve the crimes, Kerney slowly uncovers evidence connecting the ruthless Cox feud with another suspicious death—and the radical actions of New Mexico's present-day county militia. But new assistant district attorney Karen Cox—Edgar's alluring daughter—is torn between hiding her father's long-buried secret and helping Kerney find the truth. Now someone wants Kerney dead—and the deeper he investigates, the more he may be digging his own grave...
"Mexican Hat has it all -- cattle ranchers, the US. Forest Service, militia groups, poachers, land-grabbing murderers, Game and Fish Department investigators and locals who just want to be left alone." -- Elizabeth Stanley - Albuquerque Journal
"Exciting ... McGarrity blew critical and commercial socks off ... with Tularosa ... now he goes for the boots." -- Dick Adler - Chicago Tribune
"Starred Review. Ingeniously orchestrates character, place, action, history, and relationships in another outstanding novel.... McGarrity delivers on the promise of his accomplished debut in Tularosa." -- Publishers Weekly
"An ex-cop, McGarrity knows what he's writing about -- and how to write it." -- Tony Hillerman
"Exciting ... McGarrity blew critical and commercial socks off ... with Tularosa ... now he goes for the boots." -- Dick Adler - Chicago Tribune
"Starred Review. Ingeniously orchestrates character, place, action, history, and relationships in another outstanding novel.... McGarrity delivers on the promise of his accomplished debut in Tularosa." -- Publishers Weekly
"An ex-cop, McGarrity knows what he's writing about -- and how to write it." -- Tony Hillerman
Michael McGarrity is the author of the nationally best-selling Kevin Kerney crime novels, which he concluded in Head Wounds, the acclaimed American West trilogy, and his recent novel, The Long Ago. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780393333985 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393333981 |
| Title | Mexican Hat |
| Author | Michael Mcgarrity |
| Series | Kevin Kerney Novels |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2008-12-16 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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