Maggie O'Neil is a probation officer in Tombstone, Arizona, "The Town too Tough to Die". Now Tombstone is scrabbling to survive. Today's Wyatt Earps and Doc Hollidays are less likely to get into range wars, as they are preoccupied with mortgages, car payments, and the odd bum knee.

Maggie has recently misplaced her young probationer, Freddie Valenzuela, who soon turns up dead in a tree. When a valuable reining horse also disappears, Maggie discovers a strange connection. Time is running out, and if she doesn't do something soon, she might be the next to die.

If you like strong female law enforcement officers in the western U.S., Detective Tess McCrae investigates a grisly crime scene in the ghost town of Credo, Arizona in The Survivors Club, available through Amazon for the Kindle.