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      Privileged to Kill

      by Steven F. Havill
      Published
      Feb 1997
      Main Genre
      Police Procedural Police Procedural
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      272
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      Posadas County Book 5

      About This Book

      "Havill...quietly continues a project virtually unique in detective fiction: anchoring his tales of crime and punishment as closely as possible in the rhythms of small-town friends, routines, and calamities." --Kirkus Reviews

      Rolling stone Wesley Crocker seems a harmless enough free spirit when Posadas County Undersheriff Bill Gastner offers him a lift on the road and spots him a free dinner. Crocker beds down for the night with his gear on the high-school athletic field. By morning, 13-year-old Maria Ibarra is found under the high-school football bleachers a few feet away and Crocker goes straight to jail. His account of how he passed the night is full of enough holes to keep him locked down, but meanwhile a background check on Maria raises troubling questions about her life....

      Series Placement

      Book 5
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      Suspense

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      Law Enforcement Police Procedural

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      Small Town

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