Death in a Harsh Land

<p><strong>No matter how deep you dig you can't bury the past.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Detective Jack Martin looks forward to a carefree summer in the Colorado Rockies. But fate has other plans. After a call from an old friend Jack is on the road to Texas headed for certain danger.</p><p><br></p><p>After archeologists unearth human bones on a family ranch one of them is mysteriously murdered. Law enforcement is quick to blame Mexican cartels. Others blame an organized band of thieves wreaking havoc on area ranchers. </p><p><br></p><p>As Jack digs for the truth things become even more sinister. The family patriarch has recently died in a tragic accident. But now Jack wonders if it was murder.</p><p><br></p><p>Could a legend of lost treasure provide a clue to the mystery? Will Jack find the killer before someone else dies?</p><p><br></p><p>Returning to Texas Jack faces a part of his past that has haunted him for decades. But it's not retribution he's after. It's justice.</p><p><br></p><p>DEATH IN A HARSH LAND is a story of murder and mystery set in the unforgiving landscape of West Texas and the fifth book in the suspenseful Mountain Resort Mystery Series.</p>