Rooted in the shifting sands of the Arizona-Mexico border desert, a struggling private eye advertises that he will "go anywhere and do anything—as long as it pays." Always willing and usually able, Beamer's investigations place him in situations that have been ignored or abandoned by the customary law enforcement agencies. In "Borderline," he tracks a husband suspected of infidelity into a Mexican brothel where the suspect's aberrant behavior is temporarily misleading--until the ending's unexpected "twist."Beamer's wanderings bring him in contact with a wide range of unusual characters, including a rancher who believes a hunting accident was murder, a pet snake that verifies the cause of an airline crash, and an Apache friend who hires him to find the killer of a warden who left an angel in the snow. In Las Vegas and Laughlin he rubs elbows with mobsters, an ex-wife who deals blackjack, and a little old lady who tries to cheat. He's even hired to find Elvis—alive! Written from Beamer's point of view, the stories lay bare Beamer's candid views about nearly everything—most of them politically incorrect, some seriously flawed. He is addicted to redheads, blackjack, fly-fishing, and all substances alcoholic. As a PI, he's a holdover from the old school whose unorthodox methods uncovered details that were either overlooked or considered unimportant. Unlike the classic detective, he is less interested in capturing criminals than in dispensing justice.This collection of ten short stories with their twist endings provides an ideal e-companion for those who love detective mysteries, and whose spare time is limited to airline terminals and health-care waiting rooms.
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