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Darkness bids the Dead goodbye, a Sheriff Gavin Pruitt mystery / Gary McKinney

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Darkness bids the Dead goodbye

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a Sheriff Gavin Pruitt mystery / Gary McKinney

"In Darkness Bids the Dead Goodbye Sheriff Pruitt, Deadhead, is at it again, keeping Elkhorn safe from meth makers and murderers while he tries to contend with the psychic maelstrom of his impending father- and grandfatherhood and stay strong for his pregnant wife, pregnant daughter, and his daughter's unsteady boyfriend. McKinney unfolds this murder mystery like a tie-dye shirt preserved in a dime bag recovered from time warp, the mysteries of who killed Wilma Gillespie woven together with this mystery: when did we all get so old that we started burying the icons of our youth? And what is left for us? Plenty -- if you take a ride with Sheriff Pruit in his cruiser. The narrative captures a compelling mix of small town folksiness and underworld grit, vivid characters in all their idiosyncratic neuroses and fragile humanity -- criminals and victims, cops honest and corrupt, witnesses helpful and not, along with nosey neighbors and enigmatic ex-loversDarkness provides edge-of-the-seat suspense along with surprising and satisfying revelations and a humorous tone that delivers the meditations of a luddite in the computer age trying to do some old fashioned detective work with all the new-fangled (if already slightly outdated) equipment. This is a thoughtful, thought-provoking mystery that 'furthers' Sheriff Gavin Pruitt's Deadhead and sleuthing careers in a wonderfully wrought novel that will delight Deadheads and mystery readers alike. McKinney's handling of Deadhead arcana is spot on, and his genuine appreciation for the richness of the Grateful Dead phenomenon as a setting for his exploration of the darkness in the human psyche helps make this a powerful sequel, and worthy successor, to Slipknot."--Publisher's description