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Tularosa
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780671002527
ISBN: 067100252X
Label: Pocket Star
Manufacturer: Pocket Star
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: April 01, 1997
Publisher: Pocket Star
Studio: Pocket Star
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Editorial Review: It's been two years since an on-the-job shooting forced ex-Santa Fe chief of detectives Kevin Kerney to retire. He is drawn back into action when Terry Yazzi, his former partner and the man responsible for his wounds, pleads for Kerney's help. Yazzi's son, a soldier, has disappeared in the barren desert surrounding the White Sands Missile Range.
Kerney's investigation resurrects the long-forgotten thrill of the hunt -- and other emotions surface after meeting the tough-but-beautiful Capt. Sara Brannon, the Army's investigating officer. Together, they uncover a crime far greater than an AWOL soldier: a conspiracy of death that snakes from the secretive world of military operations, to the cutthroat alleys of a Mexican border town, leading them to a final, shocking revelation that may cost them both their lives....
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Fine first effort
Okay... granted, I'm pretty much a sucker for any mystery book series set in New Mexico... and that's why I bought this first book in the series (after discovering McGarrity about 12 years too late and wanting to start with the first book in the series)...
Tularosa was a strong enough effort that I've just gone ahead and ordered the rest of his books.
Rating: - A Must Read
If you haven't read Michael McGarrity yet you've been missing out on some excellent police procedural mysteries. I love his characters and the richness and color of his Southwestern settings. Tularosa is intriguing, well-paced and fun to read for anyone who likes seeing justice done.
While I agree with other reviewers that a couple of his later works are weak on pacing and rushed at the climax that is NOT the case for Tularosa, which exceeded my expectations in every category.
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Rating:  - Heavily Contrived
This is sort of a Western in a Procedural Mystery guise. A Western in the mythos sense. A lot of what happens is not really credible. If you read the book, count the number of times that person A has the drop on person B, only to have B's confederate show up in the nick of time and reverse the situation. The romantic interest, Sara, turns out to be to be not only a tough, intelligent Army cop with survival and martial arts skills, she is also an expert horsewoman. And the villain kidnaps her ... Read More
Rating: - A well written New Mexico mystery
I found this book at my local libary. I was searching for a mystery book and was surprised to find one that was about places I knew. I haven't heard about the magnanimous author, Michael McGarrity before, but I am intrigued to read it anyway, because it sounds like a good mystery book.
The book Tularosa is about a missing, silent soldier from White Sands Missile Range. Kevin Kerney, a former cop from Santa Fe is searching for his godson Sammy Yazzi, the son of his former partner, Terry ... Read More
Rating: - The pace never lets up in this book
McGarrity's books move right along -- lots of action and not a lot of conversation or things not strictly associated with the plot. His books are set in the southwest and draw on his experience in law enforcement. Kevin Kerney, his hero/detective, is the kind of character who would be played by a younger Clint Eastwood or Harrison Ford -- tough, honorable, capable, and a bit of a loner although well-liked. Think Lone Ranger, riding in to defeat the forces of evil and then riding off again leaving ... Read More
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