Terry Shames - The Last Death of Jack Harbin

In The Last Death of Jack Harbin
($15.95), before the outbreak of the Gulf War two eighteen-year-old football
stars and best friends from Jarrett Creek, Texas, signed up for the army. But
Woody Patterson was rejected and stayed home to marry the girl they both loved,
while Jack Harbin came back from the war badly damaged. The men haven't spoken
since. Just as they are about to reconcile, Jack is brutally murdered. With the
chief of police out of commission, it's up to trusted ex-chief Samuel Craddock
to investigate. Against the backdrop of small-town loyalties and betrayals,
Craddock discovers dark secrets of the past and present to solve the mystery of
Jack's death.

Terry Shames is the author of A Killing
at Cotton Hill, the first Samuel Craddock Mystery. She is the coeditor of
Fire in the Hills, a book of stories, poems, and photographs about the 1991
Oakland Hills Fire. She grew up in Texas and continues to be fascinated by the
convoluted loyalties and betrayals of the small town where her grandfather was
the mayor. Terry is a member of the Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in
Crime. Visit Terry Shames online at www.terryshames.com.