In Taos County, New Mexico, probation officer Nina Montgomery thinks she knows all about Angel Martinez, a “frequent flyer” in the judicial system for increasingly sadistic treatment of his ex-partner, Liza Monaghan. When Liza is found dead on her kitchen floor, everyone suspects Angel–Nina most of all.When Angel’s aunt Loretta, Nina’s neighbor and friend, asks her to look into Liza’s murder, Nina reaches out to friend and sheriff’s deputy Larry Baca and becomes embroiled in the case. As Nina delves into Angel’s and Liza’s lives, she is surprised to learn that Angel is a santero artist on the rise. A talented but struggling ceramic artist herself, Nina’s worlds collide when a Hollywood celebrity wants her art just as the entanglements of Angel’s family history begin to suggest the source of Liza’s death. Amid the cultural and natural beauty of the Northern Rio Grande Valley, Nina finds herself steeped in the drama of a family gone terribly and violently wrong.ACCLAIM”Riveting and powerfully told, The Last Hanging of Angel Martinez by Kate Niles adds another strong, charismatic female detective to the landscape of contemporary mystery fiction.”–Lynn C. Miller, author of The A Novel”Kate Niles delivers a true photographer’s lens of New Mexico alongside a fast-paced and hard-boiled mystery. Nina Montgomery is the tough but compassionate probation officer who guides the reader through the many trials and tribulations she faces in order to bring this puzzle to its final solution.”–Phyllis M. Skoy, author of A CoupABOUT THE AUTHORKate Niles is the author of the novels The Book of John and The Basket Maker and the poetry collection Geographies of the Heart.

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