Can't Judge a Boot

Grace Callado is back ... El Paso's most audacious private eye investigates the murder of a teenager that, at first glance, looks as common as the desert sunrise. A typical drug- or gang-related execution? A letter pinned to the victim's clothes may be a meaningless diatribe -- but Grace has a hunch. The investigation seems to have as little chance as a snowflake in a Texas summer, but when both Grace's brother-in-law and a co-worker warn her not to pursue her leads, her feminine intuition and a career in police work take over. More puzzle pieces appear when Martin, a light-hearted neighbor, appears grief-stricken at the boy's funeral, and when a mystic friend, Sofia, sees danger in Grace's tea leaves. Will the people Grace considers to be her El Paso "family" be at risk if she solves this terrible crime?