The Ragged End of Nowhere: A Novel

A quick-witted fast-paced novel that shines a sharp new light on Las Vegas The Ragged End of Nowhere was awwarded the 2008 Tony Hillerman Prize for best debuty mystery set in the American Southwest.. Bodo Hagen thought his family had left Las Vegas for good. He had joined the CIA and moved to Berlin while his younger brother had followed in their fathers footsteps and joined the French Foreign Legion. For a while they were free from the criminal underworld upon which the Vegas Strip was built. . But when his Legion contract ended Bodos brother returned to Las Vegas. Five days later his body was found on the edge of the desert. Word is that hed returned from Europe with a valuable―and possibly stolen―ancient relic to sell. Now Bodo must come back and track down that missing artifact―and with it his brothers killer.