Death at Dark Water

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>JOHN D. NESBITT </strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>FOUR -TIME WINNER OF THE SPUR AWARD</strong></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Devon Frost is an artist who goes to a remote place called Tinaja in New Mexico Territory to draw old fallen-in buildings and to try to find his artistic vision.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In Tinaja where everyone speaks Spanish he hears of a picturesque old church on a large hacienda. The owner Don Felipe gives him permission to spend time at the site and sketch the church. The owner's stepdaughter Petra comes to visit with him and the stepfather trails her.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Before long Ricardo the son of the landholder of another large rancho and a suitor of Petra's is found dead on the plains of his family's ranch. Don Felipe is a suspect as is Carlos Petra's cousin and weepy would-be suitor. The stepfather's jealousy and the girl's resentment smolder beneath the surface as Ricardo's father and two brothers look for vengeance.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Devon is drawn into the conflict. Although he too finds Petra attractive he can tell that her mind is not free. Nor is his search for his artistic vision perfect. However he sees some things here at Rancho Agua Prieta Dark Water Ranch that have made a difference in how he sees life.</span></p><p></p>