Nothing but Trouble_ A Kevin Kerney Novel - Michael Mcgarrity [0]
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Also by Michael McGarrity
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Serpent’s Gate
Hermit’s Peak
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The Big Gamble
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks go to Cari Dyer and Joel Dyer of Hachita, New Mexico; Cheryl Wright and Norman Wright of Playas, New Mexico; and Deputy Sheriff David Arrendondo Sr. of the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Department. They all provided valuable information about the Bootheel of New Mexico that did much to contribute to my research.
A special thanks goes to an extraordinary top cop, Chief Beverly Lennon of the Santa Fe Police Department, who gave me virtually unrestricted access to the inner workings of the department.
Chapter One
For as long as Kevin Kerney had known him, Johnny Jordan had been nothing but trouble. But it had taken a long time for Kerney to realize the downside of being Johnny’s friend.
Memories of Johnny flooded through Kerney’s mind on a snowy April afternoon after he returned to police headquarters to find a telephone message on his desk from his old boyhood chum. Johnny was in Santa Fe, staying at a deluxe downtown hotel, and wanted to get together for drinks and dinner that evening.
Kerney stared out his office window at the fluffy wind-driven snow that melted as soon as it hit the glass. He’d last seen Johnny well over thirty years ago at the memorial services for his parents, who’d been killed in