From Publishers Weekly
Aspen, Colo., sheriff Kurt Muller (Hardrock Stiff) becomes personally involved in a murder case in this crisply methodical outing. While attending a charity auction in order to polish his reputation in the face of a recall vote that could yank him from office, the impulsive Kurt is lured away to spend a sensual night with his former lover, reclusive heiress Nicole Bauer. Beautiful and lonely, Nicole is notorious for beating a homicide rap more than 20 years earlier, after legendary rock star Rocky Rhodes plunged to his death from her balcony. But now Nicole tells Kurt that she has been receiving threatening letters from someone she believes to be Rocky. Kurt leaves Nicole's house in the middle of the night; the next morning, she is found dead below her houseAjust like Rocky was. Kurt, suspecting murder, launches an intense investigation reaching back to the 1970s, when he, like Rocky's gang, eagerly partook of sex, drugs and rock and roll. As more members of the singer's former entourage are murdered, the sheriff probes deeper into their history and discovers surprising connections between them and Aspen's moneyed upper class. Such information is dangerous, and Kurt's reckless, confrontational personality soon imperils his lifeAand that all-important election. Zigal's twisting plot loops around a cadre of intriguing villains. Against the background of Aspen's natural beauty, he creates a chilling tale, though one leavened with wry humor. (Sept.)
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From Library Journal
When an old flame approaches Aspen Sheriff Kurt Muller about some threatening letters, he senses her fearful insecurityAnot to mention her proximity to a potentially lethal combination of drugs, alcohol, and an overhanging balcony. Acquitted of killing her abusive blues-star husband years earlier, Nicole Bauer now believes that the "dead" husband has returned for revenge. Sure enough, Nicole dies soon after "talking" with Kurt, who immediately becomes the center of conjectureAand the object of a murderer's interest. This third Kurt Muller mystery is a riveting story of passion, horror, and misguided allegiance.
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