Coming home was supposed to be the hard part. Now Dr. Jack Esparza finds himself digging into a murder no one wants solved.
in the
High Desert
About the Novel
Following the biggest medical mistake of his career, Dr. Jack Esparza has returned to his family's cattle ranch for his mother's memorial. All he wants is to lay low and marinate in personal and professional tragedy, but soon he is lured into a murder investigation when a neighbor winds up dead.
The sheriff, the family, and even his own father accept it as a heart attack, but something's not right. Now, to find the killer, Jack has to face all the homophobic bigotry, cowboy machismo, and parochial gossip he fought so hard to escape.
Rob writes character-driven mysteries set in rural New Mexico amid the looming peaks and arid basins where he grew up. Before becoming a writer, he was a physician and biotech consultant in the Bay Area.
His debut novel, Lowdown in the High Desert, explores family estrangement, small-town rituals, personal redemption, and the perfect Frito pie.
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