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Our Lady of the North
The Latest Brinker Novel
Now available in print and e-book.

"Fast moving... well written and
informative about the illegal scene."
J.C. Martin, Arizona Daily Star

Somebody is killing immigration lawyer Carla Baca's clients. She hires Brinker to investigate, setting up his most dangerous case ever.

From Tucson to Mexico to parts of Los Angeles that tourists seldom see, Brinker follows leads in seemingly-unrelated murders, before stumbling into mass killings in the southwestern desert.

Two-time Shamus Award nominee James C. Mitchell delivers the best Brinker yet, marked by the colorful characters, shrewd plotting and on-target detail that earned the Brinker series rave reviews.

Booklist called Lovers Crossing, the first Brinker novel, “as satisfying as the debuts of such classic series heroes as Parker's Spenser and Grafton's Kinsey Millhone. . . . Outstanding.”

THE FIRST TWO ACCLAIMED BRINKER NOVELS
NOW AVAILABLE AS E-BOOKS

Shamus Award Nominee - Best Hardcover Private Eye Novel

Gripping.
Publishers Weekly.

Compelling.
Dallas Morning News.

Memorable.
Kirkus Reviews.

Classic...the real deal.
Booklist, starred review.

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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Shamus Award Nominee - Best First Private Eye Novel

A Tucson car dealer, famous for his philanthropy and his television commercials, hires Brinker to investigate the unsolved murder of the dealer's wife.
Brinker, a former Border Patrol agent, crosses two international borders in pursuit of justice. A powerful woman in Vancouver knows too much about Brinker's client, but the key to the case may rest with a homeless child from Nogales, Sonora.

"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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