Blue Horse, Borgos - B+

             Sheriff Porter Beck is preparing to move on to the State Police when a murder is committed in Lincoln County. The victim is a helicopter pilot under contract to the BLM, which uses copters as a means to conduct 'gatherings' of wild horses.  The next morning, Beck is faced with two more equally dramatic murders of folks involved in the gatherings. The immediate assumption is that those opposed to rounding up wild horses are behind the murders. But Beck feels otherwise. He concludes that the two people who the FBI have their sights on are not guilty, and begins to look elsewhere. He suspects it's the folks behind a very secretive lithium mine in the county. In another excellent tale, he is proven right and manages to take down the bad guys. For me, part of the attraction here is the exploraation of a place I know nothing about.  The wilds of Nevada, not unlike Duluth in the Jonathan Stride series and Maine in the Mike Bowditch series, intrigue.