The Texas borderlands echo with ancient magic, even as humanity's darker side--guns, drug trafficking and murder--adds danger to this primal landscape. Through trading post owner Texana Jones is content contemplating the more surreal vista surrounding her, she is once again immersed in a mystery of the all too earthly sort.

The murder of a Mexican photographer is dismissed as just the violence of the border. Yet Texana is drawn into the case and wonders about its connection to another crime: the shooting death of a 'myth maker," a confidence trickster who'd been wooing Ella Spivey, one of the sisters of the powerful Seven Sisters Ranch. The victim, Julian Row, left a trail of enemies, and a local artist has been arrested. But Texana, with her innate understanding of la frontera culture--life on the border--discovers the truth is as unforgiving as the desert itself.

Released on Tuesday, November 23, 2004 at about 3:00:00 PM BX time (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) at Noel Wien Public Library - Paperback Book Exchange in Fairbanks, Alaska USA.

RELEASE NOTES:

Left on the paperback exchange rack... =)

Found this book early this summer at Hot Licks, read it during breaks between locations while in my car. Reminded me of living a lot further south, basically a Tex-Mex lighter mystery. I'll be releasing it tonight, somewhere it is bound to be found.... but not for a while.

Packed away for the staff to find later, maybe next season even.