The Replacement Child

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Late one night editor Lucy Newroe answers the phone in Santa Fe's Capital Tribune newsroom. The caller is the notorious Scanner Lady - an anonymous tipster whose hobby is to phone with tips from her police scanner. The old woman tells Lucy she just overheard two Santa Fe cops discussing a dead body. While Lucy is checking out the tip, she discovers Scanner Lady has been killed.Lucy tries to enlist the help of Detective Gil Montoya, but his mind is on other problems. He has just been handed the case of Melissa Baca, a seventh-grade teacher whose body was thrown off the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge. Over the course of the next few days, as Lucy and Gil hunt down two killers, they discover their cases are intertwined in the most intimate ways.Rich with details of Santa Fe and the people that live there, The Replacement Child is the perfect book for anyone who enjoys the Southwest that Hillerman so lovingly described in his Leaphorn/Chee mysteries.

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"A regional mystery that brings to vibrant life the community culture of Santa Fe." - The New York Times Book Review (Notable Crime Fiction Of 2008) "A strong sense of the city of Santa Fe and its environs and the appeal of the two well developed main characters show why this mystery was the first winner of the Tony Hillerman Prize." - Booklist"

Author Bio

Christine Barber is an award-winning journalist as well as a certified emergency-medical technician and fire fighter. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she is currently pursuing a career in medicine. She previously worked as an editor at the Santa Fe New Mexican and as a journalist for the Albuquerque Journal and Gallup Independent.