NOVEMBER
THE TERRITORY A MYSTERY
T RI CI A FIELDS
Chief of Police Josie Gray faces down Mexican drug cartels who have turned her Texas bordertown into a battlefield At the end of State Road 170 and just past a ghost town lies Artemis, population 2500. The townspeople had sought out this remote corner of western Texas in hopes of solitude and independence. None of them realized that it would become a hot spot for drugrunners, who have turned both sides of the Rio Grande into a war zone. Still, many of the locals would rather take the law into their hands before getting help from police chief Josie Gray, even when they’re up against a private army. After arresting one of the cartel’s hitmen and killing another, Josie finds her own life at risk. And when the town’s self-appointed protector of the Second Amendment is murdered and his cache of weapons disappears, it’s clear that she doesn’t have to pick sides. She’s battling them both. Set in a desert landscape as beautiful as it is dangerous, The Territory captures the current border issues from the eyes of a tough, compelling heroine.
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Winner of the 2010 Tony Hillerman Prize
Advance Praise for The Territory: “There’s a new voice in western crime fiction—Tricia Fields is the real deal.” —Craig Johnson, author of The Cold Dish Mystery 978-0-312-61378-5
T R I C I A F I E L D S lives in a log cabin on a small farm with her husband and two daughters. She was born in Hawaii but has spent most of her life in small town Indiana, where her husband is a state trooper. She is currently working on her second book.
$24.99 / $28.99 Can. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" / 288 pages Hardcover
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