One blizzardy New Mexico night, Deputy Pasquale picks up a toddler from the shoulder of State 56, apparently dumped out of a truck by his father. Nearly as horrifying is the brutal murder of Constance Suarez in the border town of Regál, population 37. The Posadas County Sheriff's Department is stretched to its limits as its dedicated personnel juggle working cases and caring for citizens with their own relationships and celebrations. The irony of...

A boy goes missing and is found dead in an arroyo, apparently killed in an ATV accident. But the discovery he made moments before he was killed is puzzling... and takes deputies back to a five year old killing and has them looking for a murderer too close to home.

Posadas County, New Mexico has enjoyed a surge in visitors, jobs, and prosperity since rancher Miles Waddell used much of his inherited half billion to create an internationally renowned astronomy complex atop Torrance Mesa. Benefits include a narrow gauge train linking the village of Posadas to NightZone. When speculator Kyle Thompson and his wife quietly purchase a large scrubby acreage to the north of NightZone. any light pollution would jeopardize...

"Good cops have no use for coincidence. When a driver slams his pickup truck-twice-into a tandem bike being ridden by Carlos Guzman and his fiancée, Tasha, in Briones, California, it's more than a simple hit-and-run; the driver clearly intended to harm them. Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman gets the call with the news of her son's accident and wastes no time racing to his side. She is greeted by Police Captain Eddie Mitchell, formerly of Posadas...