Twice Buried — Steven F. Havill

THE SMOKING GUN?

With seven days to go before he leaves for his godson's christening, Posadas County undersheriff Bill Gastner isn't looking for a new crime to solve. But the longtime lawman doesn't believe elderly Anna Hocking ended up on the dusty floor of her fruit cellar by accident. Another senior comes under the gun when Gastner's old friend Reuben Fuentes is suspected in the shooting death of his land-grabbing neighbor.

Why did the ninety-four-year-old start packing his ancient .32 again? And who poisoned Fuentes's three beloved hounds? The discovery of another corpse on Fuentes's southern New Mexico ranch unearths a mother lode of questions. With the ailing senior on the hook for multiple murders, Gastner recruits his ex-deputy -- Fuentes's grandniece -- to clear an innocent man and ferret out the truth before it's buenos noches to another victim.