Red, Green, or Murder

Former Posadas County Sheriff Bill Gastner, now a New Mexico Livestock Inspector, is counting a small herd of cattle and thinking about an upcoming lunch with an old friend. But when a horse spooks, Bill finds himself ferrying a broken cowpuncher out to meet an ambulance.
Meanwhile, too impatient for Bill to finish up out at the ranch, his friend George Payton decided to eat lunch on his own. A couple of bites later, he collapsed-dead of an apparent heart attack. But something isn't right. It may well have been a heart attack, but something triggered it.
Then the herd of cattle Bill had just counted is found wandering down a county highway. But there's no sign of cowpuncher Pat Gabaldon or his boss' $40,000 truck and livestock trailer. Forced into two tangled investigations, Bill faces one of the most complex cases in his 35-year career.

Steven F. Havill lives and writes in Ratón, New Mexico. Red, Green, or Murder is the newest novel in his Posadas County Mystery Series.