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It's super-super-unusual for any of Steven F Havill's Posadas County mysteries to go on sale, but now here's the second one, Bitter Recoil, on sale in both the US ($1.99) and the UK (£1.61). This is one of my top ten favorite series, and maybe top five depending on my mood that day. Havill does police procedurals really well, the characters are great, and I also love the setting (although I could be a bit biased since my father's family is from New Mexico). Anyway, here are links:

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VMH478Q
Kobo US (discountable): https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/bitter-recoil-3
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07VMH478Q

Spoiler:

When Undersheriff Bill Gastner heads to New Mexico's mountains for some respite, the last thing he expects to find is a dead body. But he's a cop through-and-through, and he can't let a criminal walk...

Aging Posadas County Undersheriff Bill Gastner has weathered his quadruple bypass and is taking a rare vacation up in New Mexico's northern mountains. He's escaping meddlesome medical providers and small town gossip, but he's looking forward to reconnecting 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 doctor husband reunite over the body of a pregnant young woman.

At first the detectives assume she was a hit-and-run victim. Then 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—he should leave the case up to local law enforcement. Then four more deaths follow and the still-to-be-reckoned-with lawman steps in to stop the rash of murders....

He's not in Posadas County, but Undersheriff Bill Gastner can't ignore an unsolved case when a body turns up in the New Mexico mountains. Steven F. Havill's next police procedural finds the aging undersheriff taking on a disturbing case far from home.