Author : Richard Martin Stern
Publisher : Garrett County Press
ISBN 13 : 1939430011
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (394 download)
Book Synopsis Murder in the Walls by : Richard Martin Stern
Download or read book Murder in the Walls written by Richard Martin Stern and published by Garrett County Press. This book was released on 2012-12-07 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murder in the Walls is the story of a murdered prostitute and a cop determined to find the killer. Flora Hobbs owned one of New Mexico's oldest Spanish-style houses, and shared it with a bevy of beautiful working girls. When one of them turned up dead -- in a locked room -- Detective Johnny Ortiz followed a scent that went straight beneath Santo Cristo's respectable facade into a world of hustlers, profiteers -- and at least one killer. Welcome to the first Johnny Ortiz mystery, which was set in motion by Richard Martin Stern (The Tower) in 1971. The New York Times Book Review said, "The author knows the country and his people. There is a feeling of desert and mesa, open air, spaciousness ... The prose is lean, the characters convincing, the plotting impeccable."