Bøker av Kristy Phillips

Chief Detective Alberto Cargile; his partner, Samantha; and his sisters -Sarah and Susan- plan a vacation for the middle of August on a lake called Fallen Leaf Lake. Alberto's two nephews, -George and Ryan- had enjoyed their adventure on the Colorado River a couple of years prior, so the family thought it would be great to get caught up. Alberto, Susan, and Sarah hadn't been together since their father died. Mama Cargile lives in Trissa but probably needs to go to an old folks' home. This story is about two murders and one possible on-water suicide during a vacation week on a beautiful lake somewhere in the Sonoran Southwest. The stories surrounding the nefarious deaths are filled with history, mystery, and obvious suspects who seem to be ready to fall into the snare set by the town's chief of detectives, Alberto José Cargile. But vacations bring different people together to share intimate times in a congested area where everyone is hoping for a great escape from their norm. This fable hovers over loneliness and self-imposed isolation that can rock an individual's psyche into doing unusual things and make selfish decisions that endanger others.

Chief Detective Alberto Jose Cargile is searching for the elusive bridge jumper, Elvira, in the boulder strewn river. Meanwhile suicide rumors are circulating in Trissa negatively impacting tourism.The same morning Alex, driving a Jeep, accidentally backs into a Jaguar while exchanging a bag of bracelets with Two Fingers, a dubious buyer. Driving the Jaguar, Serena, arrives for a pot smoking weekend but instead is struck ending up in the hospital. Jake, a confused Afghan vet with PTSD, witnesses the accident and finds himself in the middle of the street holding a roll of hundred-dollar bills and a loaded gun. More detectives are called into action!Everyone involved in the accident disappears from the scene leaving the abandoned Jaguar and Jeep. Detective Cargile finds Serena, the recovered socialite spending, hours gazing at a mother and daughter portrait at an art gallery, while Two Fingers is on a destructive rampage searching for his bracelets and his roll of money.The chief of police, Aquino Chavez Smith, pressures Alberto to immediately squash all speculative rumors and solve the two mysteries. Why does Detective Cargile believe the lonely bridge jumper and the vehicular accident with the stash of money and bracelets are connected?