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NORTH OF THE BORDER
"Don't worry, Chiquita" was the Kid's answer to almost evetything,
and right now Neil Hamel missed the Kid—her part-time lover and car
mechanic. Neil had gone to Mexico as a favor to a man she shouldn't
be doing favors for, and what it got her was a face-to-face meeting
with a corpse: a Mexican lawyer with a diamond pinky ring and a
throat slit from ear to ear. Returning home to Albuquerque, Neil
couldn't let go of the tangled scheme she had uncovered. Someone
was sending threatening letters. A rich man was hiding a secret. And
a mine in Lagrima was worth more than gold or silver, now that the
U.S. government wanted to bury nuclear waste there.
Seeking the kid, Neil finds another woman. Looking for the truth,
she finds human predators. All alone, Neil knows there is only one
way for her to get out of this, and that is straight through a killer
V
"A WELL-THOUGHT-OUT PLOT, WITH ABSOLUTELY
MAGICAL DESCRIPTIONS NEIL IS A FIND."
"Van Gieson...
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Fülszöveg
NORTH OF THE BORDER
"Don't worry, Chiquita" was the Kid's answer to almost evetything,
and right now Neil Hamel missed the Kid—her part-time lover and car
mechanic. Neil had gone to Mexico as a favor to a man she shouldn't
be doing favors for, and what it got her was a face-to-face meeting
with a corpse: a Mexican lawyer with a diamond pinky ring and a
throat slit from ear to ear. Returning home to Albuquerque, Neil
couldn't let go of the tangled scheme she had uncovered. Someone
was sending threatening letters. A rich man was hiding a secret. And
a mine in Lagrima was worth more than gold or silver, now that the
U.S. government wanted to bury nuclear waste there.
Seeking the kid, Neil finds another woman. Looking for the truth,
she finds human predators. All alone, Neil knows there is only one
way for her to get out of this, and that is straight through a killer
V
"A WELL-THOUGHT-OUT PLOT, WITH ABSOLUTELY
MAGICAL DESCRIPTIONS NEIL IS A FIND."
"Van Gieson skillfully unravels the dark history of the high plateau [and] also
introduces an intriguing crime-solver." -Stiouis Post- Dispatch
"Van Gieson's characterization is excellent NORTH OF THE BORDER is well"
paced and Van Gieson's settings are vividly evoked."- Drood Review
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