Deep Valley Malice

The second novel featuring ranger Dee Laguerre, following Edgar Award finalist HIGH DESERT MALICE. Dee finds herself in the middle of California’s water wars, when aqueducts carrying water away from Owens Valley to Los Angeles are suddenly being blown up, causing death and massive destruction. Generations-old resentments against the government -- for allowing Los Angeles to divert water from the once-fertile farmlands -- surface, and it takes all of Dee’s ingenuity and daring to determine who the people are behind the ever-escalating violence. Kirk Mitchell is a starred-review writer and a veteran Southwest law enforcement officer in both desert and urban counties of California."In his two electrifying mysteries, HIGH DESERT MALICE and DEEP VALLEY MALICE, Kirk Mitchell introduces us to a range heroine for our times… And like any good mystery writer, he holds up a mirror and illuminates the region's dark shadows."- Great Basin News“If Mr. Mitchell was as good a policeman as he is a writer, there must not have been a criminal standing when he retired.”- The Washington Times“If you like Hillerman, you’ll probably like Mitchell… Mitchell satisfies in a different way; more intense, darker, yes, more visceral.”- The New Mexican“Mitchell builds character as deftly as an expert shaman."- Las Vegas Magazine“Mitchell’s got a witty and intense style.”- The Drood Review of MysteryOn HIGH DESERT “This very likable semi-cop will appeal to fans of Nevada Barr's NPS ranger Anna Pigeon…. A very enjoyable debut."- MLB NewsOn HIGH DESERT “After you've squinted with Dee in the Nevada sunshine, rinsed the alkali dust out of your mouth with a drink at the Pyrenees Hotel, and stayed up late finding out who-done-it, take a moment to reflect on how well this book captures the tenor of the current debate over management of public lands in the west…”- Watershed