| Tough, sensitive, and funny as ever, Neil Hamel--whom Tony HiUerman called "the best thing to happen to criminal investigation since Father Brown"--is back in her native New Mexico for her third adventure This time the lawyer- cure-sleuth is out to prove that a friend s seemingly peaceful death in cave ruins outside Santa Fe was really murder. Spring is just making its way north through New Mexico--it s hit Albuquerque but hasn t yet made Santa Fe--when NeJl drives from the former to the latter for a St. Patrick s Day party with friends from her younger days in Mexico. Just about everybody seems to have made some move from hippie to main- stream except Lonnie Darmer, who--as in the old days- gets too drunk to drive home Neil drives them both home to Lonnie s little house in Santa Fe and wakes the next morning to discover her missing. Lonnie is found dead in an Anasazi ruin in the moun- tains near SantaFE,her body unscathed. The police immediately conclude that Lonnie killed herself, and her friends seem almost relieved to concur-all except NeiL As she investigates her friend s demise, suspects suddenly abound--Rick First, Lonnie s ex-husband and an architect whose latest building she vehe- mently opposed; Marci Coyle, Rick s wealthy, jealous new lover; Ci, a psychic with a dangerous way ol seeing the future; and Tim Malone, whose advances Lonnie has persistently spurned. Even Neil herselt comes under suspicion, as the real killer draws ever closer, eager to satisfy a newfound appetite for killing. Spectacular portrayals of Southwestern landscape and culture, vividly evoked characters, and ingenious, tightly woven plotting make The Other Side of Death a compelling read. |
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