Review: Small Town Crime, Big Trouble for Everyone Concerned
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 26, 2013
The book deals with the very likable Safford, AZ Sheriff Zeb Hanks and his staff as they try to solve crimes and have a personal life.  Two ex-cons, Angel Gomez and Jimmy Joe Walker play major roles.  Jimmy Joe is a big, over-bearing, foul mouth, worthless, mean tempered bully.  Angel is a somewhat effeminate, alcoholic,  little guy who is deathly afraid of Jimmy Joe and does whatever he is ordered to do by the much larger psychotic man.  Angel loves his liquor, and is usually pacified when Jimmy Joe plies him with the addictive substance.  Angel's dream is to get rich fast and spend the rest of his life with his beloved Juanita.  Jimmy Joe has devised a scheme and told Angel that they will soon both be very wealthy; however, he has not shared the details.  Angel has been told he will play a major role in the scheme; therefore, he is eager to hear the how, when and where of this plan. The story takes the two through auto thefts, murder, intimidation of Angel's elderly grandfather and on to a bank heist.While trying to put together the pieces of the puzzle which include car thefts and school bombings, Sheriff Hanks has to deal with the loss of a fellow law enforcement officer and good friend, and a confession by his fiancée that may change both of their lives.I read the first two books in this series, Native Blood and Holes in the Sky.  I enjoyed those books and looked forward to reading the third book in the series, Adiós Angel.  Boy, was I disappointed!  It seemed to me that Sheriff Jeb Hanks was overshadowed by the villain, Jimmy Joe.  There was profanity used fairly frequently that really turned me off.  I realize that the crude language was used to portray what a sleazy character Jimmy Joe was; however, I think there are other descriptive words that would get the point across.  I'm not a goody two-shoes and have been known to express my self with occasional explicit terminology; however, if I had known that some expressions existed I would not have bought the book.  There were a few misplaced commas and a couple of paragraphs that should have been reversed.  One other thing that puzzled me...I might be wrong, but I do not think the w, in the word white, should have always been capitalized, in the middle of a sentence, when it referred to race.  All in all, the book was pretty well edited. This was just an o.k. Book.  This review is my sentiment and might/might not be shared by others.