Into Hot Water - Paperback

by Judith Ann Isaacs (Author)

As a rule, Amelie Jameson loves her work as a software consultant to small town police departments in the Four Corners area. Her current job becomes less enjoyable when a woman is murdered in the tub next to her at Cañon Springs' main attraction: the historic bathhouse. Within short order, another woman is murdered in hot water, and Amelie's best friend becomes the prime suspect. When Marshal Carlton Duran, Amelie's on-again, off-again lover, seems in over his head, she decides to help, which doesn't seem like such a good idea when she, too, is nearly killed. Her investigation uncovers a dispute that goes back more than two centuries and another deadly discovery that takes everyone by surprise. Set in the mountains of northern New Mexico, Into Hot Water explores the depth of two women's friendship played out against rhythms and texture of small-town life.

Author Biography

Since moving to northern New Mexico in 1996, Judith Ann Isaacs has written a travel guide, a cookbook, and a walking tour booklet, all featuring the local area where she lives in the Jemez Mountains. Other published writing includes essays and short stories, most with a Southwest theme. Into Hot Water is her first novel. As an avocational archaeologist-her greatest love - she has volunteered on rock art recording projects in New Mexico, Utah and Arizona. She is also a volunteer archaeological site steward at Chaco Cultural National Historic Park and for the Jemez District of the Santa Fe National Forest. Judith retired in 2008 as director of Jemez Springs Public Library.