Praise for Scavengers..."Skilled investigation, happenstance and cooperation mesh through every phase of the puzzle, ushering the reader along to one satisfying conclusion." -Publishers Weekly "Throughout this low-key, character-driven series, Havill has managed as well as anyone in the genre to ba[...]

Praise for Dead Weight..."Havill is every bit as good at evoking procedural detail as he is at capturing small-town ambience...a vivid picture of change in rural America: small-town values under siege from within and without as a big-hearted sheriff tries to keep the peace one day at a time. Quiet y[...]

Praise for One Perfect Shot..."Steve Havill has done it again...In this prequel to his long-running series...readers see Gastner at the top of his game, using good forensics, deduction and common sense." -Anne Hillerman When a county employee is found shot to death in broad daylight while sitting i[...]

Aging Posadas County Undersheriff Bill Gastner has weathered his quadruple bypass and is taking a rare vacation up in the state's northern mountains. He's escaping meddlesome medical providers who wish he'd reform, but his heart is in staging a reunion with his former detective Estelle Reyes who is [...]

When Posadas Register reporter Linda Real barely survives her nighttime patrol with one of Undersherrif Bill Gastner's deputies who is killed by a more accurate shotgun blast than the one that ruins her face, Bill gets angry. Teamed with his intuitive, observant detective Estelle Reyes-Guzman and he[...]

Praise for Prolonged Exposure..."Crisp writing and clarity of focus make this a pleasure to read." -Library Journal "...another excellent small-town caper in which common sense, compassion, loyalty, and decency are law enforcement's primary tools against an increasingly brutal world." -Booklist Un[...]