Las Cruces: Blood Relative Paperback – September 15, 2026

In Las Cruces, New Mexico, a family of four is murdered, execution style. The crime remains unsolved until a series of copycat murders starts happening in the exact same fashion and a local celebrity mysteriously feeds the police victims’ names … before they’ re killed. The case is assigned to two detectives, sometimes referred to as ‘ the odd couple.’ Det. David Lee Michaels is a veteran, once brilliant detective, now stalled by regrets. Det. Luciana Talker is a young Native American, ambitious, and driven to perfection. Michaels’ increasingly reckless behavior leaves Talker alone to pursue the person who set it all in motion, confronting an evil she can’ t comprehend, risking her life and her sanity in the process. Read more