JERUSALEM

About the Book

Texas Ranger, Frank McLeod is back and, again, he’s not in Texas. This story, a sequel to Ruidoso opens in mid-December 1881, near Jerusalem, in Arizona Territory, some twenty miles southeast of Prescott. Jerusalem, a quasi-ghost town since 1875 boasts a small but weird collection of inhabitants: a crippled mining engineer, a beautiful tomboy, and several ne’er-do-wells. It has taken Frank McLeod several months to trail a fugitive, Isaac Möller, from Texas. Isaac is a young and handsome psychopath who has involved himself in vice, assault, theft, and finally, the murder of a Texas Ranger. Close on his trail now, Frank tracks Isaac through a series of four new murders in Williams, Prescott, and Jerusalem. The crux of the story is packed into an exciting seven day period ending on Christmas day, when . . .

About the Author

The author is a retired USAF aviator and veteran of Vietnam. Following his retirement, he moved to Crystal River, Florida, where he earned a Bachelor’s and a Master of Arts degree with honors in geography at the University of Florida. He later served as adjunct professor of geography at that university. More recently he completed a second career as cartographer and physical scientist with what is now the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Soon to be published projects include several novels in period western as well as contemporary mystery genres. He is a native of northern Illinois (Aurora) but now lives in Falls Church, Virginia.