Murder in Inyo County - Softcover

Nails, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1961757494 ISBN 13: 9781961757493

Publisher: Hybrid Global Publishing, 2024

Synopsis

This remarkable and disturbing thriller, Murder in Inyo County, is utterly unforgettable. 

Between 1932 and 1942, five murders occurred in Inyo County. Each of the murders was identical, hands tied behind their backs, hung upside down, one foot off the floor of the deserted barn each was found in, and their throats were all slit from ear to ear, leaving blood under their heads-all these men, unnamed drifters, passing through the high desert alone. The Sheriff was Merrill Cobb from 1920 to 1956. He never found the murderer and never arrested anyone. Now, fifteen years later, in October 1957, the murderer has returned.

On July 4, 1957, the wife and daughter of the newly elected Sheriff of Inyo County, California, Jim Cobb, are instantly killed in a car crash on their way to Los Angeles. Jim Cobb becomes a drunk for the four months since their deaths by way of a leave of absence from his elected duty. 

A week after the Hanging Murderer returns, the body of Jim's best friend, Barton Haskel, from the Sheriff's Office, is found dead. Jim knows Barton didn't commit suicide. Now, there are two murders to solve.

Jim doesn't know it yet, but a man is driving around in a 1940 Chevy truck, killing innocent men and women during his travels.

About this title

About the Author

Mike Nails is a retired physician who had a medical practice in Silicon Valley for twenty-five years and now lives in Eastern Washington, writing murder mysteries and thrillers full time. This is his debut novel, which takes place on the eastern slope of the High Plains Desert of the Sierras in Inyo County.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hybrid Global Publishing
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1961757494
• ISBN 13: 9781961757493
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 262