<div> <p>A hitchhiker stumbles to his knees on the side of a dark road. Private detective Lew Archer stops his car. When he gets to the young man Archer realizes that he has stumbled into a mess—for the hitchhiker is dying of a gunshot wound.</p> <p>In a matter of hours Archer is suspected by the law hired by a target-shooting trucking magnate and propositioned by an adulterer’s wife. A hijacked truck full of liquor and an evidence box full of marijuana $20000 from a big-time bank heist by a small-time crook corruption adultery incest prodigal daughters and abused wives and a band of sinners on the loose in the hills all make the little town of Las Cruces seem a lot more interesting than noted in the guide book. <P>As the murder rate rises Archer finds himself caught up in a mystery in which everyone is a suspect and everyone a victim.</p> </div><p>A Blackstone Audio production.
