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Short Cut To Santa Fe: A John Sanders/Harriet Jeffries Mystery
Short Cut To Santa Fe: A John Sanders/Harriet Jeffries Mystery
Short Cut To Santa Fe: A John Sanders/Harriet Jeffries Mystery
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Short Cut To Santa Fe: A John Sanders/Harriet Jeffries Mystery

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Toronto Police Inspector John Sanders and his girlfriend, architectural photographer Harriet Jeffries, are just starting a romantic vacation in New Mexico when they agree to help two children, Stuart and Caroline, who have been stranded at the airport.

Following a local tour bus on what they believe to be a short cut out of the city, John and Harriet find themselves lost in the mountains and under attack. As the body count rises, the pair must race to save not just Stuart and Caroline, but the remaining bus passengers as well, and they can only hope that local police authorities will piece together enough evidence to arrest the corrupt local businessman calling all of the shots.

Short Cut to Santa Fe is the final novel in the John Sanders/Harriet Jeffries mystery series.

Praise for Medora Sale

“This series has been marked by its innovative use of location. . . . This time, however, Sale has outdone herself. [Short Cut to Santa Fe] is Sale’s best novel to date.”—The Globe and Mail

LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperCollins
Release dateMar 31, 2015
ISBN9781443443791
Short Cut To Santa Fe: A John Sanders/Harriet Jeffries Mystery
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Medora Sale

Medora Sale is the author of the acclaimed John Sanders/Harriet Jeffries mystery series, set in contemporary Toronto, and under the name Caroline Roe, of The Isaac Chronicles, a series of historical mysteries. Born in Windsor, Ontario, Sale’s interest in criminal justice was roused by her father, a lawyer and engineer involved in weaponry and criminal justice, who served as an official in the court system. Sale is a graduate of the Centre for Mediaeval Studies at the University of Toronto, is a past president of Sisters in Crime and Crime Writers of Canada, and won the Arthur Ellis Award for best first novel for Murder on the Run, the first title in the John Sanders/Harriet Jeffries mystery series.

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    Although this mystery is set in New Mexico, it stars a Canadian team of sleuths, architectural photographer Harriet Jeffries and Toronto homicide cop John Sanders. Harriet has been in Kansas doing some photography and then she went to visit her friend Kate Grosvenor in Denver because Kate is recovering from a bullet wound received while she was in Lebanon working as a photojournalist. Kate talks Harriet into going to Taos, New Mexico because it is a special place to photograph. Harriet invites John to join her and then Kate invites herself along. However, since Harriet is going to Santa Fe to pick up John they drive separately. John got to Santa Fe by joining up with a charter that is bringing a tour group to New Mexico. Also with the group but not part of it are two eleven-year-olds(Caroline and Stuart) returning home for a weekend visit from school in Texas. The bus is supposed to drop the children off at the intersection near to the hotel their parents manage. However, Stuart dawdles when he gets off the plane and the bus leaves without them. Harriet and John determine that the bus is going to Taos as well and they decide to take the children and follow the bus. Except the bus follows a peculiar route to get to Taos and both the bus and Harriet's rented van end up on a deserted road which seems to go nowhere. When the bus abruptly crashes Harriet has to stop as well because there is no room to go around. The hour is late and it is hard to see. The four occupants of the van go to the bus and discover it is in the command of two armed men. One woman has already been shot and the armed men are threatening to kill the others if they don't give up the valuable cargo the armed men believe they carry. When the armed men disappear in the middle of the night and so do a few of the other guests, Harriet and John are left to try to go for help in a van that has the air let out of all the tires. Meanwhile Kate has called the police because Harriet and John have not shown up at the motel they agreed to meet at. It seems that a number of the people in the tour group are not what they claim. As well, a notorious crime boss is somehow involved and dead bodies start showing up. Harriet, John and Kate are all in danger. There are a number of tense moments for them but in the end it works out well. I really liked this team of detectives. As well, Kate joins up with a local cop and manages to overcome a bad drug habit. They look like they could become a sleuthing duo too. I could have done with more local colour from New Mexico but that's not a serious drawback.

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