{"title":"Bruce Borgos","description":"BRUCE BORGOS is the author of The Porter Beck Mystery series and two other novels. He lives in the Mohave Desert with Pam, his wife of 40 years, and their golden retriever, Charlie Blue Horse. He has a lifelong obsession with words and stories and a fascination with how anyone can prefer white wine over red.","products":[{"product_id":"the-blue-horse-a-porter-beck-mystery-hardcover","title":"The Blue Horse: A Porter Beck Mystery - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA controversial wild horse round-up in the high desert of Nevada results in two murders and too many suspects for Sheriff Porter Beck to deal with.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA helicopter driving a controversial round-up of wild horses suddenly crashes and the pilot is found to have been shot. Then the person coordinating the round-up for the Bureau of Land Management is savagely murdered, buried up to her neck and then trampled to death by the very same wild horses. And there's no lack of suspects--with the wild horse advocacy group having sworn to protect the horse At Any Cost! Now the state and federal agencies are showing up looking for answers or at least a scapegoat. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSheriff Porter Beck has had better days. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePorter Beck's new girlfriend, Detective Charlie Blue Horse, arrives to help with the investigation, which leads them to Canadian Lithium mining operation near the round-up area that sets off Beck's mental alarm bells. Brinley, Beck's sister, is leading a group of troubled kids in a wilderness program, when one of them, Rafa, bolts one night. When Brinley catches up to him, they're just outside the mine--in the wrong place, at the wrong time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith his personal life in turmoil, too many suspects and too many secrets, the feds pushing for a quick resolution, and his impetuous (if skilled) sister in the mix, one wrong step could be deadly for Porter Beck.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102826500319,"sku":"9781250373908","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/AiFkv7hbf39781250373908.webp?v=1781087428"},{"product_id":"bitter-past-paperback","title":"Bitter Past - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the tradition of Craig Johnson and C. J. Box, Bruce Borgos's \u003ci\u003eThe Bitter Past\u003c\/i\u003e begins a compelling series set in the high desert of Nevada featuring Sheriff Porter Beck...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePorter Beck is the sheriff in the high desert of Nevada, north of Las Vegas. Born and raised there, he left to join the Army, where he worked in Intelligence, deep in the shadows in far off places. Now he's back home, doing the same lawman's job his father once did, before his father started to develop dementia. All is relatively quiet in this corner of the world, until an old, retired FBI agent is found killed. He was brutally tortured before he was killed and clues at the scene point to a mystery dating back to the early days of the nuclear age. If that wasn't strange enough, a current FBI agent shows up to help Beck's investigation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a case that unfolds in the past (the 1950s) and the present, it seems that a Russian spy infiltrated the nuclear testing site and now someone is looking for that long-ago, all-but forgotten person, who holds the key to what happened then and to the deadly goings on now.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104426594527,"sku":"9781250321183","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/uQnqhS5b3l9781250321183.webp?v=1781108285"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/bruce-borgos.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}