Koons, C. R. Sheriff Ulysses Walker. #bk. 2

Read by Jonathan Beville

Ulysses Walker, Sheriff of Taos County, is facing a tough re-election campaign against a well-funded opponent when a respected historian and acequiero. The murder looks like a dispute over shared irrigation water at first. But after two more murders the sheriff uncovers a web of corruption born out of New Mexico's troubled history. Sheriff Walker, with help from Ray Pando, Picuris Tribal Council Member, and LizBeth Tallichet of the FBI, must battle powerful and well-connected adversaries who want to enrich themselves by gaining rights to scarce water and land distressed by forest fires. These current day criminals, like the Santa Fe Ring before them, commit murder and mayhem with impunity. Sheriff Walker's battle to prevail culminates in a deadly chase down the Rio Grande's notorious whitewater, the Taos Box. C. R. Koons is a well-known speaker, teacher and consultant on the practice of mindfulness-based psychotherapy. Koons worked for many years leading a team of experts treating suicidal and self-harming adult and adolescent patients. She has published many academic articles and book chapters and a self-help book on the use of mindfulness to improve mental health. Koons lives and writes in Dixon, New Mexico, a small agricultural village on the Rio Embudo, not far from Taos

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