Las Cruces: Blood Relative - Paperback

by Herman Johansen (Author)

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.

Author Biography

Herman is originally from Billings, Missouri. He lives in Albuquerque NM now, having spent several years in Kansas City and Los Angeles. An avid hiker, he has trekked up several of Colorado's Fourteeners and has done significant hikes in several states. Traveling is another passion, and he has visited parts of Asia, South and Central America, Mexico and many countries in Europe. He has written three feature-length screenplays, a handful of short films and a full-length drama for the stage, which was produced in NYC at the 2015 International Fringe Festival. This is his first novel.