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"Brinker is a star in the making,
an appealing detective who shows surprising depths at times, even as he resolves his cases along the Mexico/Arizona border in typical true tough-guy fashion... emotional and psychological complexity, plus strong secondary characters and the finely rendered settings... fresh and original."
Kevin Burton Smith, Thrilling Detective.

Shamus Award Nominee - Best First Private Eye Novel

"A first novel as satisfying as the debuts of such classic series heroes as Parker's Spenser and Grafton's Kinsey Millhone.... Outstanding."
  Booklist, starred review.

"Mitchell's impressive, well-crafted debut captures the gritty reality of border life."
  Publishers Weekly.

"Polished, fast-paced."
  Kirkus Reviews.

"Crafty plotting... realistic characters."
  Library Journal.

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Shamus Award Nominee - Best Hardcover Private Eye Novel

   Gripping.
 Publishers Weekly. 		Compelling.
 Dallas Morning News. 		Memorable.
 Kirkus Reviews. 		Classic...the real deal.
 Booklist.

   When an unidentified man is murdered in Tucson, reporter April Lennox asks private investigator Brinker to help her uncover the mystery man's story. Brinker turns her down. April vanishes into Mexico, alone.

   Brinker follows April's trail into a dangerous borderland of greed and corruption, pain and power, and a new attachment to a woman who seems ready to risk anything to be with him.

   Like the critically acclaimed, Shamus Award-nominated LOVERS CROSSING, the second Brinker novel promises fast-moving suspense, intriguing characters, and a timely, unsparing view of the border underworld.

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