Easy Errors

Bill Gastner Series, Book 12

De: Steven F. Havill

Narrado por: Rusty Nelson

When the first Posadas County Mystery, Heartshot, was published in 1991, Bill Gastner was the county undersheriff. Over time Bill became sheriff, then retired, and Robert Torrez took over the top spot. But what were Torrez's first days as a rookie officer like? Terrible!

It's 1986. Undersheriff Bill Gastner is enjoying his usual insomnia alone inside his old adobe when jolted by a horrendous noise. Dreading what he will find, he hastens to the nearby interstate exit where a violent crash has occurred. Not only is the vehicle that struck the support pillars totaled and the driver and a passenger crushed inside, a dead boy has been ejected.

As the appalled Gastner recognizes the youth and swings into action, the first deputy to join him at the scene is rookie Robert Torrez, the department's newest hire. Before Gastner can head him off, Torrez sees that the boy is his spirited younger brother. And the girl crushed inside the SUV is a younger sister. The driver of the Suburban, also dead, is the assistant district attorney's teenage son. Two local family tragedies.

A shaken couple reports that when the Suburban, careening at nearly 100 miles an hour, passed them on the interstate, activity inside hinted at its occupants' panic. Were the three dead kids running from someone - or something - rather than speeding? Further investigation reveals that a fourth teen should have been in the vehicle but is now missing. Where had the four kids been? And why? It appears they'd lied to their parents.

Following his usual meticulous procedure, Gastner traces the vehicle's path to a remote canyon with attractive caves. The discovery he makes there balloons the case and introduces possible murder. Yet with a lack of witnesses hampering Sheriff Salcido, Gastner, Torrez, and other deputies, errors working the case can too easily be made.

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Sad Action

The action never stopped. The grotesef items in the story was involved in that action so the attention didn’t remain on those items.

Southwestern police procedural, well read.

This book epitomizes all the things I have enjoyed about this series. Each character, in turn becomes developed through the series. In this back story, we learn how Robert Torres began his career. And the genuinely tragic events, and their repercussions throughout the community are believable all across America. The events are sad but not exaggeratedly violent in a way that is almost unique these days. Rusty Nelson has completely become Bill Gastner, undersheriff of Posadas County, NM. I can't listen to any other narrator.

I love reading the print version, but Rusty Nelson makes the story even better!

I enjoy the characters, storylines, and setting of this series and can’t help but read each new book soon after it’s released. This story about Torres’ first days on the force is powerful and it was difficult to put the book down. But I kept searching for the audiobook version, worrying Rusty Nelson had retired from narration, and that I wouldn’t get the gift of listening to him read the newest release. Thankfully, Mr. Nelson did narrate Easy Errors and life is good.

Sad, but true to life,

A true. realistic portant of Police procedure, held my interest to the end. I would ;ike to listen to more from this series.

EASY ERRORS

This is another great book in this series. Im not sure what number this is. Its labeled book 12 and its labled book 22. But I am listening to it as book 22. The past several books has been about Estelle Reyes Gusman. This book goes back to Bill Gastner. This is when now sheriff Robert Torrez is just starting out. He's a rookie. Theres been a bad wreck and it was Robert's family. They investigate the wreck. There is other things going on but thats the biggest. This is a good series to listen to. There like western mysteries. It goes back to Rusty Nelson narrating it. He does the books that Bill Gastner is in charge. As always Rusty Nelson does a great job narrating this book. If my review is any help will you please click on the helpful link below. Thank you