After a mental breakdown, a Kansas City real estate agent decides to spend a few months in Taos, New Mexico to recover. But when he decides to move into an empty house ten miles from town--where a murder occurred--perhaps it isn't such a good idea! And when his wife joins him, things can only get worse. This is a far cry--no pun intended--from Brown's best work in this vein, which is perhaps The Screaming Mimi, but the story holds your interest as the lead character tries to unravel where the murdered girl came from, and where her murderer disappeared to. All of this takes place in a haze of so much alcohol that just reading about almost makes me sick. Throw in a vintage 1950s dose of homophobia, and this book is more unpleasant than entertaining. ( )

After a mental breakdown, a Kansas City real estate agent decides to spend a few months in Taos, New Mexico to recover. But when he decides to move into an empty house ten miles from town--where a murder occurred--perhaps it isn't such a good idea! And when his wife joins him, things can only get worse. This is a far cry--no pun intended--from Brown's best work in this vein, which is perhaps The Screaming Mimi, but the story holds your interest as the lead character tries to unravel where the murdered girl came from, and where her murderer disappeared to. All of this takes place in a haze of so much alcohol that just reading about almost makes me sick. Throw in a vintage 1950s dose of homophobia, and this book is more unpleasant than entertaining. ( )

Un hombre ha sufrido un colapso nervioso debido al exceso de trabajo y a un matrimonio insatisfactorio. Para recuperarse, piensa pasar unas cortas vacaciones, aislado en la ciudad de Taos. Pero un amigo scritor le sugiere que para entretenerse investigue un asesinato sin resolver ocurrido ocho años antes.. Así comienza un juego, que poco a poco se convierte en una obsesión que desembocará en un sorprendente final.