Lovers Crossing (Brinker, 1) Book

A powerful, atmospheric debut set on the Arizona-Mexico border Brinker is a private detective and former INS agent whose years policing the border ended when he was shot-most likely by one of his own men. Things are finally getting back on track when he is hired by a local business leader, Mo Crain, to investigate the murder of his wife, a glamorous figure in-volved with many ofTucson's charities. While at first it seems that Mrs. Crain had no enemies, Brinker's investi-gation causes hidden tensions to rise to the surface, leading to a second murder, this time of a local doctor. As Brinker probes deeper into Mrs. Crain's death, he discovers that it may be linked to smuggling across the border, to Sanchez, the same corrupt INS agent whom Brinker believes shot him and forced him out of the INS, and-worst of all-to a young girl whom Brinker and his old partner once saved from the wasteland of the border. In the tradition of Michael McGarrity, James C. Mitchell introduces a border detective who is as fully human as he is smart and tough.Read More