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          When Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, Tony Hillerman’s oddly matched tribal police officers, patrol the mesas and canyons of their Navajo reservation, they join a rich traditon of Southwestern detectives. In Crime Fiction and Film in the Southwest, a group of literary critics tracks the mystery and crime novel from the Painted Desert to Death Valley and Salt Lake City. In addition, the book includes the first comprehensive bibliography of mysteries set in the Southwest and a chapter on Southwest film noir from Humphrey Bogart’s tough hood in The Petrified Forest to Russell Crowe’s hard-nosed cop in L.A. Confidential.

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DARK WATERS





Sibylle Barrasso

BOOK DESCRIPTION When the body of a prominent Boston professor, the nation’s foremost AIDS expert, washes up on the banks of the Charles, it’s news. When the forensic evidence reveals the professor had been zonked out on Valium before drowning and the M.E. rules the case a homicide, it becomes the front-page lead story. But when Browne’s diminutive widow is arrested for murder, and juicy details of their marriage are made public, the result is a media frenzy. Macy Adams is the private eye Evelyn Browne hires to save her from spending a life sentence in prison. But the more Macy finds out about the relationship between the widow and her deceased husband, the more she questions her client’s innocence. There is the couple’s trial separation, the husband’s many affairs, the fact that Evelyn had drugged her husband with Valium before. And lastly there is the two-million-dollar-life insurance that names Evelyn sole beneficiary—a policy allegedly taken out without the deceased’s knowledge. As Macy delves into Mitchell Browne’s private life, she uncovers more hidden skeletons. By all accounts, Mitchell Browne wasn’t a nice person. Besides rumors of financial fraud and irregularities with his AIDS research, there is a disillusioned mistress, a misunderstood son, and a brother cheated out of an inheritance. Then Macy discovers a dark secret about Browne’s life that is more shocking than anything she could have imagined. Macy’s troubles escalate as she continues to tread on people’s toes. A killer suddenly feels threatened, as Macy gets dangerously close to the truth. Instead of being the hunter, Macy better watch out—lest she end up like Browne, a lifeless corpse beneath dark waters. AMAZON.com Barnes & Noble BOOKSTORES Place wholesale orders with Scott Rogers at 1-800-877-4253 (ext. 8119). LIBRARIES Five Star Orders/Customer Service: 1-800-223-1244, ext. 15
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