Michael McGarrity: Death Song

In four days, he would return to the mesa and remove all traces of the burial ritual. As he drove down the mesa, he could already feel himself letting go of Tim Riley. Or was Riley’s ghost letting go of him?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Michael McGarrity is the author of the Anthony Award–nominated Tularosa , as well as Mexican Hat, Serpent Gate, Hermit’s Peak, The Judas Judge, Under the Color of Law, The Big Gamble, Everyone Dies, Slow Kill , and Nothing but Trouble . A former deputy sheriff for Santa Fe County, he established the first Sex Crimes Unit for the department. He has also served as an instructor at the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy and as an investigator for the New Mexico Public Defender’s Office. He lives in Santa Fe.

REGISTERED TRADEMARK—MARCA REGISTRADA

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

McGarrity, Michael.

Death song: a Kevin Kerney novel / Michael McGarrity.

p. cm.

ISBN: 1-4295-7946-3

1. Kerney, Kevin (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Police—New Mexico—Santa Fe—Fiction.

3. Police chiefs—Fiction. 4. Santa Fe (N.M.)—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3563.C36359D43 2008

813'.54—dc22 2007026642

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