OUT OF SEASON

Sheriff Martin Holman of the Posadas County Sheriff’s Department didn’t like flying. Much less at night, with bad weather. So why he took a plane ride over a nearby mesa under those dangerous conditions is a question as disturbing as why somebody shot the pilot dead from the ground–causing the plane to crash. Undersheriff Bill Gastner, a 60 something warhorse, just months away from retirement, now has a murder on his hands. The only possible lead is a roll of film — and with it, Gastner is determined to find out what the late Sheriff Holman was up to. Following his sharp instincts and a tenacity born of long years as a cop, Gastner uncovers a scheme of illegal doings and nasty buried secrets. Unfortunately, it could make his biggest case his last.