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Title details for Statute of Limitations by Steven F. Havill - Available

Statute of Limitations

#4 in series

by Steven F. Havill
Stephanie Brush
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It's Christmas in Posadas County, and Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman is settling down to a quiet evening with her family and friend ex-Sheriff Bill Gastner, that is until her doctor husband gets a disturbing call. Retired chief-of-police Eduardo Martinez is calling from a nearby motel where he is having chest pains. Not nine minutes later Estelle gets a call that there has been an incident at the same motel. Estelle and ex-Sheriff Bill Gastner, arrive at the motel parking lot to find it has turned into a crime scene, and the body of the retired chief-of-police is at the center. It appears that Eduardo had an exchange with two men and then collapsed while the men took off in his car. An out-of-town couple are the only witnesses...but their story doesn't ring true.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Posadas County Mystery

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    May 9, 2006

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • File size: 273950 KB
      • Duration: 09:30:43

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Stephanie Brush narrates this fourth entry in Havill's Posadas County series. Under-sheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman balances domestic life at Christmas with the demands of solving the murder of a deputy's fiancée, as well as identifying the perpetrator of a brutal attack on the former sheriff. Brush's clear voice demonstrates intense emotion and highlights the suspense involved in this intriguing mystery. While female voices are her strength, she noticeably struggles to find unique, believable male voices. But her Spanish pronunciations are easy to understand, managing to project warmth and caring when Estelle speaks to her family. Havill and Brush team up effectively to evoke daily life in small town New Mexico. S.C.A. (c) AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      January 30, 2006
      Things go from bad to worse in Posadas, N.Mex., at the start of Havill's appealing fourth Posadas County mystery (after 2004's Convenient Disposal
      ). First, Chief of Police Eduardo Martinez suffers a heart attack while confronting car thieves on Christmas eve; Sheriff Robert Torrez has a pulmonary embolism Christmas morning; a deputy's fiancée is murdered that afternoon; and former sheriff Bill Gastner is brutally attacked that night. It's enough for under-sheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman to keep up with the medical reports, never mind track down the perps. As Estelle races from crime scene to hospital to home and back again, she's keenly aware of time slipping away and with it the criminals. The initial flood of characters and Estelle having to deal with her musically gifted son, Fernando, may make newcomers feel as if they've walked into the middle of a movie. But once Havill gets into the police work, the story becomes more focused. Descriptions are as spare as the Southwest desert, and the action gallops along to a satisfyingly thrilling ending.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

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