Death's Treacherous Trail

It’s an edgy Western. Meet Max Storm Shadow, back country problem solver. Her latest job has links to a cold case. One that seems to hit way too close to home. “Death’s Treacherous Trail” can be read on its own. It is the first book of the Amazing Storm Shadow series. A captivating melange of Native American life, western adventure, thriller and mystery in the twenty first century American Southwest. A sprawling tapestry enriched by colorful and enticing multi-ethnic characters. *** The first entry in an exciting new Mystery series by Barbara Neville; featuring Max Storm Shadow, Apache cowgirl. Death's Treacherous Trail is an action-packed contemporary Western. A cow country adventure fraught with humor, good looking men and sexy women. A great novel for fans of Anne & Tony HiIlerman's Navajo Mysteries and Craig Johnson's Longmire series. Max is a young Apache rancher who is a member of the Lost Apaches of the Sierra Madre of Mexico. She lives in border adjacent Southeastern Arizona, has her own mind and takes great pride in her heritage. Not fond of the paperwork which is required to become an official detective; she calls herself a back county problem solver and does things her way. Her first job is too close to home, but also far flung. The Mexican border is just a few miles away, so the land is rife with drug smugglers, homeland security and ground and aerial surveillance. Not exactly the home of the free, but it's her clan's traditional home. And she's Apache, so she knows, for her people during the last four centuries; it seldom was.