Nail's Crossing

This debut mystery from a fresh voice in Southwestern fiction stakes out the common ground between Tony Hillerman, Elmore Leonard, and Cormac McCarthy.

In a remote corner of the Chickasaw Nation, tribal Lighthorse policeman Bill Maytubby and county deputy Hannah Bond discover the buzzard-ravaged body of Majesty Tate, a young drifter with a blank past. They comb Oklahoma's rock prairie, river bottoms, and hard-bitten small towns for traces of her last days.

Tate was seen dancing with Austin Love, a violent local meth dealer fresh out of prison. An Oklahoma City motel clerk connects her with an aspiring politician. An oil-patch roustabout and a shady itinerant preacher provide dubious leads. Ne'er-do-wells start dying off.

A fluke lead propels Maytubby deep into Louisiana's bayou country, where a Cajun shrimper puts him on the scent of a bizarre conspiracy. He and Bond reunite in the Chickasaw Nation for the eventual face-off at Nail's Crossing.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 10/10/2017
ISBN: 9781470814076
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.90d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2017
Booklist 08/01/2017 pg. 31
Library Journal 09/01/2017
Publishers Weekly 10/16/2017