Havill, Steven <br/><br/>
Bitter Recoil   
Steven F. Havill. 
 - Scottsdale, AZ   Poisoned Pen Press  2000 
 - 192 pages   22 cm. 
 - The Posadas County Mysteries  Book 2 . <br/><br/> "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 working in San Estevan County. Arriving a day early at the Steamboat Rock Campground, his camping plans are interrupted by sirens. Suddenly, Gastner, Reyes, and her new husband, a doctor, reunite, not over dinner, but over the body of a pregnant young woman. As first the detectives assume she was a hit-and-run victim. Then the the medical exam reveals she was instead thrown from a moving vehicle after a rape attempt. Gastner's curiosity is piqued -- but he's on vacation. Then four more deaths follow and the still-to-be-reckoned-with lawman steps in to stop the rash of murders"--Publisher's description. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781890208400 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>00102457  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gastner, Bill (Fictitious character)<br/>Sheriffs<br/>Reyes-Guzman, Estelle (Ficticious character)<br/>Law enforcement officers
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>New Mexico.
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<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>Hav   31