When an old-time bootlegger dies and leaves his son Mike a cryptic letter hinting at millions of dollars in hidden cash, Mike and his friend Joe embark on a journey through three states and fifty years of history. What they find goes beyond money and transforms them both.

It all starts with a key engraved with the letters CB--and a reference to Deep Deuce, a neighborhood once filled with hot jazz and dangerous gangs of bootleggers. With those threads, The Bootlegger's Legacy weaves a tapestry of history, romance, drama, and mystery, connecting two generations and...

Sheriff Ray Pacheco returns from his introduction in The Bootlegger's Legacy to start a new chapter as a private investigator, along with his partners: Tyee Chino, often-drunk Apache fishing guide, and Big Jack, bait shop owner and philosopher.

The trio are pulled into a mystery immediately when an abandoned showdog appears at Ray's cabin and the dog's owner is reported missing. Ray and his team pursue leads that bring them into confrontations with the local Sheriff, the mayor, and the FBI, while in the meantime two bodies are found--neither of which is the missing...

Murder and greed visit the high country...

Tired of spending his days fishing, Ray Pacheco takes on his second assignment with his partner Tyee Chino when the state Attorney General asks them to find out just what the hell is going on in Ruidoso, New Mexico. With the town's sheriff in the hospital with a mysterious illness, acting sheriff Martin Marino is running rough-shod over everyone around him.

What seems like a simple assignment becomes more complicated when Marino is found dead, shot at close range. The suspects include most of the town, from Dick...