Springtime in Sonora

This is the second installment in the Henry Wright Mystery series. Henry Wright is a retired Chief of Police from tiny Eagle Lake, Wisconsin. He retired several months after his beloved wife's unexpected death and moved to California. He settled in Palm Springs at the request of his old friend Wayne Johnson, who is a captain in the Palm Springs police department. Henry spends a lot of his time at his computer helping the FBI profile victims of violent crimes. Wayne, and some of his other law enforcement colleagues request his assistance solving the most difficult times. Henry lives with his roommate, retired high school teacher Charles Knightly III. (Please don't call him Chuck.)

One of Henry's numerous ex-colleagues, Sheriff Bill Rustow from Tuolumne County in California's Mother Lode contacts him for help in solving a bizarre mystery.

Bob Sandman is a gold miner in the Sierra Nevada Foothills near Sonora, who is entombed in his gold mine by a large explosion. Henry Wright drives from his home in Palm Springs to to help out his old classmate, Sheriff Bill.

Rustow is shorthanded and needs his help in figuring out who might have wanted Sandman dead. Henry spends a week in Sonora where he discovers that it is more like the Wild West of old than the sleepy little town it appears to be.

He learns about himself as well as he meets someone who will change his life, while he uncovers who sent Sandman to die this horrible death.


Genre: Mystery