Author: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Published: January 12th 2021 by Grand Central Publishing
Format: Kindle, Hardcover, 480 pages
Genre: Fiction
Source: My thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for an opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book.
Series: Nora Kelly #2
A little mystery, a little history, and a young sheriff that will remind the reader of a young Walt Longmire.Though FBI special agent Corrie Swanson and curator Nora Kelly of the Santa Fe Archaeological Institute are central characters, I found Sheriff Watts to be more engaging. A local sheriff that added humor, skill, and insight into what would have otherwise been a dull and dry book.
When a mummified corpse is found in High Lonesome, a ghost town on federal land and Watt’s starts to investigate only to be shot at, he decides he needs to call in another set of guns -- those belonging to the FBI. When a body is recovered, along with a gold jeweled encrusted cross dating back to the Spanish colonial period, interests begin to peak. When the remains are identified as a man that disappeared in the 1940s, and a legend of missing treasure buried along the Jornada del Muerto discussed, all eyes suddenly focus on the investigation. What no one was expecting was what was going on at the local military base at the time and how lore was passed from father to son.
Interesting twists, a great deal of history, well-placed humor, and a memorable young sheriff with nothing to prove but a whole lot to say.
When a mummified corpse is found in High Lonesome, a ghost town on federal land and Watt’s starts to investigate only to be shot at, he decides he needs to call in another set of guns -- those belonging to the FBI. When a body is recovered, along with a gold jeweled encrusted cross dating back to the Spanish colonial period, interests begin to peak. When the remains are identified as a man that disappeared in the 1940s, and a legend of missing treasure buried along the Jornada del Muerto discussed, all eyes suddenly focus on the investigation. What no one was expecting was what was going on at the local military base at the time and how lore was passed from father to son.
Interesting twists, a great deal of history, well-placed humor, and a memorable young sheriff with nothing to prove but a whole lot to say.
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