Mark Reps

Native Earth Mark Reps

Sheriff Zeb Hanks, sleeping peacefully alongside is his new lover, Echo Skysong, is awakened in the middle of the night by a phone call. Lily McGinty, wife of millionaire copper magnate, Angus McGinty, is drunk and irate. She demands Zeb find her husband. Their conversation is interrupted by a second call to Zeb from the head of security at the copper mine. Angus McGinty has been brutally murdered. There is no shortage of suspects as Angus was anything but loved by the townspeople and the Apache Nation. The list of suspects includes Toohey Blendah who could have inherited the land the copper mine sits on, Cowboy Bob Shank, whom Angus has gone out of his way to screw over, and even Lily McGinty, who originally inherited the land and might want Angus gone for good. Adding fuel to the fire is a group of radical ecologists, funded by Ela McGinty, only child of Angus and Lily. They are doing their best to shut down the copper mine and return the land and its minerals to the rightful owners, the San Carlos Apache Tribe. Local and national politics, tribal water, mineral and land rights, big money, hired assassins and computer hacking are woven together in Native Earth, the 7th book in the ZEB HANKS: Small Town Sheriff Big Time Trouble series."If you are a fan of Zeb Hanks books you will find this latest crime mystery an incredible read. I recommend it highly. The characters and the situations they find themselves in will stay with you long after you put the book(s) down. The whole series is a must read." -- Reader"Fans of Longmire and Tony Hillerman will enjoy Zeb Hanks." -- Reader