The Ties That Bind
Andi Marquette
When the Albuquerque Journal reports that a white man was found dead along a remote stretch of road on the Navajo Reservation in northwestern New Mexico, UNM sociology professor K.C. Fontero thinks she might be able to use the case as an example of culture and jurisdiction in one of her classes. But it’s soon apparent that this dead man has something to do with a mysterious letter that River Crandall, brother of K.C.’s partner Sage, recently received from the siblings’ estranged father, Bill. What does the letter and Bill Crandall’s link to a natural gas drilling company have to do with the dead man? And why would Bill try to contact his son and daughter now, after a decade of silence? From the streets of Albuquerque to the gas fields of northwestern New Mexico and the vast expanse of the Navajo Reservation, K.C. and Sage try to unravel the secrets of a dead man while Sage confronts a past she thought she’d left behind. But someone or something wants to keep those secrets buried, and as K.C. soon discovers, sometimes beliefs of one culture jump the boundaries of another, and challenge her logical and analytical mindset, threatening to drive a wedge into the relationship she’s building with Sage.
Joined by K.C.’s younger sister Kara and Sage’s brother River and aided by best friend and police detective Chris Gutierrez and Chris’s partner Dayna Carson, K.C. and Sage are drawn into the life of a dead man, the embittered past of an estranged father, and dark, inexplicable forces whose origins are rooted in Navajo culture and traditions. Whatever happened out there along that road is inextricably linked to Sage and River, and K.C. knows that in order to help them, she has to change her very way of thinking or she could lose the woman who’s come to mean the most in her life.
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Details
| ISBN | 978-1935053231 |
| Genre | Mystery |
| Copyright Date | 2009 |
| Publication Date | 09-Oct-09 |
| Publisher | Regal Crest Enterprises |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| No. of Pages | 264 |
| Series | K.C. Fontero Mystery |
| # in Series | 2 |
| Language | English |
| Rating | NotRated |
| Paper Type | Electronic Format Available |
| BookID | 13285 |
