Prolonged Exposure, Steven F. Havill
Prolonged Exposure, Steven F. Havill
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Prolonged Exposure

Author: Steven F. Havill

Narrator: Rusty Nelson

Unabridged: 9 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/15/2003


Synopsis

Savvy storytelling infused with a spicy Southwestern setting.

“Not only does Havill offer a melancholy reinterpretation of that grand western myth of the slow-talking, fast-thinking lawman, he also writes crisp, marvelously detailed police procedurals in which a mix of technical know-how and informed common sense gets things done.” —Booklist

Bill Gastner is going crazy recuperating from heart surgery. Dreaming of green chili, he’s rescued by a phone call from back home. The Undersheriff arrives in Posadas County only to learn that his own home has been burgled. Moreover, Gastner finds his cranky ancient neighbor Florencio Apodaca has borrowed a bit of land to bury his equally ancient wife—and the dead woman’s stepson questions if she died a natural death. Meanwhile a young boy out camping has vanished from atop Cat Mesa. A stringent search convinces Bill, his treasured deputy Estelle Reyes-Guzman, and Sheriff Martin Holman that the boy has been spirited away.

Poisoned Pen Press has republished the five earlier novels in Steven Havill’s carefully, cleverly detailed police procedural series richly redolent of southern New Mexico.

Look to Worldwide/Harlequin for Out of Season (0-373-26382-1) and to St. Martin’s for Dead Weight (0-312-25203-X) and in Nov. 2001, Bag Limit (0-312-25183-1).

About Steven F. Havill

Steven F. Havill is the author of more than twenty novels set in the American West. He taught in secondary schools for twenty-five years and since then earned an associate of applied science degree in gunsmithing. He lives with his wife, Kathleen, in New Mexico.


Reviews

Goodreads review by LK on October 14, 2021

Kept my interest but I wanted the end to wrap up a little tidier. I guess that's why its a good series because it leaves you wondering what happens next!......more

Goodreads review by Robert on August 08, 2021

This book begins with Undersheriff Bill Gastner of Posadas County, NM, in a situation which makes you think the book won't be so good - he's recuperating from heart surgery at his daughter's house in Michigan. But quickly events back home call Gastner - who's not a particularly good patient - back h......more

Goodreads review by Francis on January 17, 2022

Yeah, so reading another Bill Gastner novel is like visiting an old friend. A grumpy one, but you know his heart is in the right place and there is bit more humor underneath that stoic demeanor he tries to maintain then he is willing to show. If you were to ask him about his abilities he'd probably......more

Goodreads review by Susan on December 30, 2019

Undersheriff Bill Gastner returns to Posadas County accompanied by his daughter Camille even though he has not fully recovered from bypass surgery. But the county is in an uproar because a three-year-old boy has vanished from the top of a nearby mesa. Along with a massive search party, Gastner’s chi......more

Goodreads review by M. on February 26, 2024

Prolonged Exposure – A Sheriff Bill Gastner Mystery - Published 1998 - **** - Undersheriff Bill Gastner is recuperating from heart surgery. Does he rest – only to the point of going stir crazy. Then his daughter can’t hold him back any longer. Some neighbor has buried his elderly wife on Gastner’s p......more