Snapped

<p><em>That's probably why I'm not seeing more here </em><span>Bud thought cynically. </span><em>You die and then the ants spiders flies magpies crows buzzards and coyotes move in. Like human vultures after the estate of a deceased relative. </em><span>Two molars in the jawbone survived whatever catastrophe befell this person giving Bud a glimmer of hope for an identification from dental records. </span></p><p>--------------</p><p>When a hunting dog unearths a human jawbone beneath Oregon's rugged Abert Rim Sheriff Bud Blair is pulled into a decades-old mystery. What begins as a chance discovery soon reveals a broken gun lost lives and a homicide buried by thirty years of silence. Alongside his loyal deputies and a team of forensic experts Bud follows the trail of long-forgotten evidence to uncover the truth. The sixth installment in Rod Collins's Sheriff Bud Blair series delivers suspenseful character-driven storytelling set against the stark beauty of Eastern Oregon-crime fiction that is dark in mystery but clean in language violence and tone.</p>