The Ghost Ocean
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2004. Hardcover. 8vo. Fine / Near Fine. Item #002848
SIGNED by author to title page. vii, 280 p.p. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Minor chafing to corners, else a fine copy. Dust jacket has light chafing to joints and edges, else fine. Set in the border area between southwestern New Mexico and northern Mexico, The Ghost Ocean is a story of modern-day crime and violence. While tracking a wolf killer, Bureau of Land Management ranger Will Mann is startled by gunfire and then finds the body of a twelve-year-old girl. In the remote Gila wilderness, violence is a way of life. The area is home to conflicting groups, including ranchers and environmentalists, drug runners, people smugglers, and law enforcement officials. During the investigation of the young girl's death, every group is a suspect.
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