Timothy S. Oliver (CSEM@zianet.com)
Fri, 16 Jul 1999 10:09:07 -0700
Michael McGarrity was a cop in New Mexico for many years:
Santa Fe County Deputy. Even though it includes our State
Capitol, the "City Different," the county is quite rural.
Santa Fe itself is a pretty small town-less than 60,000-not
counting tourists. Parts of it are downright remote.
His books, Tularossa being the first, and Hermit's Peak the
most recent, are pretty solid police procedurals. I like them
and they keep getting better. He does a terrific job
depicting New Mexico; not easy.
Tim Oliver
----- Original Message ----- From: <james.doherty@gsa.gov>
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Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 5:45 AM Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS:
Donald Harstad
>
>
> Re Peter Walker's recent message:
>
> "Has anyone come across 'Eleven Days' - the Carl
Houseman series. I
> think there is another one out - or will be out
soon. It is pretty
> good. I just picked it up on spec and really enjoyed
it."
>
> I enjoyed it too. In fact, I think I mentioned it on
the list after
> reading it a few months ago. The second book,
available on
> Amazon.Com, is called *Known Dead* and invloves Carl
in a narcotics
> case. I nominated *Eleven Days* for Best First Novel
in Boucercon's
> upcoming Anthony Awards.
>
> Harstad was a deputy sheriff in a rural county in
Iowa, and, to the
> best of my knowledge, the Houseman books are the
first series of
> rural-set police procedurals to be written by a
professional cop who
> spent his career in a rural jurisdiction. - Jim
Doherty
>
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