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Legend of the Dead

The Sheriff Lansing Mysteries, Book 1

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A thousand years ago a people’s blood was shed on this parched earth. Now the dying has begun again.

High on a desert ridge, The Watcher awaits....

The body in the arroyo belonged to a man who’d made his living plundering ancient Indian sites. And the only witness to the crime would not change his story: a demon had killed his friend.

Sheriff Cliff Lansing has an unexplained death on his hands, and it’s only the beginning. In Las Palmas, New Mexico, a US senator is on his way to meet a Zuni shaman who is holding up a land swap involving 150,000 acres in New Mexico and Arizona. Backed by a powerful businessman, the senator intends to push the deal through. But in a long, dark night on the high desert, he is led into a storm of violence and shame.

Now Sheriff Lansing is headed out to the Anasazi Strip, where the truth awaits him—in the swirling dust of magic, greed, and murder.

©2019 Micah S. Hackler (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Crime Detective Mystery Private Investigators Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Mexico
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A different sort of detective novel Would recommend if you like a ‘western’ slant to your crime thriller

Interesting

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A cracking good story and well read.
If you're missing Longmire then this is a good substitute along similar but not too similar, lines.

It's not Longmire good but it is good.

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This is a good story, well written, well read, good character development. I will read the series.

excellent

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And an extremely well written and exceptionally well read story. Surprisingly substantial listen, which I assumed would be a bit of lightweight trivia to fill a Saturday afternoon. There's a magic inherent in the phrase 'the high desert', and M. S. Hackler manages to capture this magic on every 'page ' of "Legend of the Dead". In crisp, spare prose, without resorting to great swathes of description, he brings the South western desert, and the people - both ancient and contemporary - who inhabit it alive so you can almost smell the desert air ! Wonderful... The characters are very well rounded and believable too, and I'm looking forward to spending more time with, and credits on, sheriff Cliff Lansing.

Fascinating subject...

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This is well narrated though the story is fairly pedestrian. Fine for in the background while you decorate a room 🙂

Good narration

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