Synopses & Reviews
Josie Gray is living every cops worst nightmare: a murder suspect who she knows personally. Even worse, its her longtime boyfriend, Dillon Reese. His secretary has been murdered and hes disappeared. Josie has no choice but to relinquish the investigation to a fellow officer, losing control over a case that matters more than any other. As suspicions split her department, Josie struggles with her actions on the night she last saw Dillon. If she had acted on her instincts, would the innocent woman still be alive?
Unable to stay on the sidelines, Josie investigates and discovers that she was the real target, in a plot that could bring the killer millions. When local politics threaten to prevent her from doing the right thing, she must make a choice between her oath and her personal desire to get revenge.
For readers of Randy Wayne White, William Kent Kruger, and Nevada Barr, Wrecked continues Tricia Fields' series that captures the appeal and uniqueness of Western Texas.
Review
Praise for
Wrecked "
Wrecked is a brutal tale with beauty at its heart. A powerful story driven by the violence of the Mexican drug war, which frequently spills across the border, its also about integrity, loyalty, and love. Small town police chief Josie Gray is one hell of a protagonist, and the harsh landscape of west Texas, which she patrols, provides a stunning backdrop to a compelling, often surprising plot. Its easy to see why Tricia Fields has become one of the authors whom fans of the mystery genre are raving about." —William Kent Krueger
"Emotionally taut, building to a breathtaking climax and portraying, in the process, the danger inherent in a Texas border town." —Booklist (starred review)
"This is a barnburner of a story and held my attention all the way through." —Reviewing the Evidence
"Tricia Fields has proved once again that West Texas noir remains hot--as hot as the desert surrounding Artemis." —Gumshoe Review
Praise for The Territory
"The Territory runs on adrenaline." —Houston Chronicle
"Buckle your seatbelts for an off-road trip full of adrenaline. Tough and determined to make her way in todays Wild West, Josie is the type of police chief youd want in your hometown, a gutsy new heroine who would be friends with Nevada Barrs Anna Pigeon and probably Lori Armstrongs Mercy Gunderson, too." —Library Journal (starred review)
"Tricia Fields' gritty debut novel about a Texas border town battling a Mexican drug cartel feels like, well, fresh territory for a mystery. The Territory has a lot going for it." —USA Today
"The Territory provides plenty of thrills for readers, as well as food for thought." —Associated Press
"Fields builds suspense with a well-wrought cast of characters who deal with deadly violence thats particularly frightening for being all-too-believable. And no one does it better than Josie Gray. ... Readers will want to see much more of her." —Booklist (starred review)
“Theres a new voice in Western crime fiction—Tricia Fields is the real deal.” —Craig Johnson, author of The Cold Dish
“A fresh, confident writer of Western crime fiction. Fields captures the solitude, beauty and heat of the Chihuahuan desert, the brutal violence spilling across the border and the humanity and grit of the townspeople Chief Josie is sworn to protect.” —The Dallas Morning News
“Fieldss rich plotting, nonstop action, and deft characterizations show the personal side of the larger issue of drug cartels on both sides of the border.” —Publishers Weekly (starred)
Praise for Scratchgravel Road
“As in Fields Tony Hillerman Prize-winning debut: carefully integrated red herrings, a tinge of romance and dead-on descriptions of West Texas weather—oppressive heat, weeklong downpours and earth-obliterating mudslides.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Noteworthy for the delineation of the west Texas desert country and the well-drawn cast of characters; Josie Gray is a protagonist worth following.” —Booklist
“Fields sounds a warning on industrial dangers and their wide-ranging effects on ordinary people in this engrossing follow-up to her Hillerman Prize-winning debut. … A tense climax with a flood, mudslide, explosives, and a possible murderer add to the suspense.” —Publishers Weekly
Synopsis
Police Chief Josie Gray is living every cops worst nightmare: a murder suspect who she knows personally. Even worse, its her longtime boyfriend, Dillon Reese.
Dillons secretary has been murdered, and now Dillons disappeared. Josie has no choice but to relinquish the investigation to a fellow officer, giving up control of a case that matters more than any other. As suspicions split the department, Josie struggles with her choices on the night she last saw Dillon. If she had acted on her instincts, would the innocent woman still be alive?
Unable to stay on the sidelines, Josie investigates on her own terms--and uncovers a plot that could bring the killer millions. Now she must make a choice between her oath as an officer and her personal desire to get revenge.
Tricia Fieldss Wrecked continues the Hillerman Prize-winning mystery series that captures the unique landscape and characters who populate the small towns of West Texas.
About the Author
Tricia Fields lives in a log cabin on a small farm with her husband and two daughters. She was born in Hawaii but has spent most of her life in small-town Indiana, where her husband is a state trooper. She won the Tony Hillerman Prize for her first mystery, The Territory, which was also named a Sun-Sentinel Best Mystery Debut of the Year and was followed by its sequel, Scratchgravel Road, in 2013.