Review: The Blue Horse

The Blue Horse by Bruce Borgos
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

4.5 Stars Rounded down for the fact that there were so many secondary and tertiary characters that I couldn't keep them all straight.  It may be better, if you are a first-time reader, to read at least the first book, which is free to borrow if you have Kindle Unlimited.

I did enjoy this novel, and the plot really kept me guessing. Several murders, one of which was very gruesome, Covid-19, the Mafia, Lithium mining, wild horses, a runaway street punk (sort of), and a computer hacker are all combined to make this a convoluted but a wicked good read.

I highly recommend this book to those who love a good twisty-turny mystery with plenty of gunplay.

*ARC supplied by the publisher, Macmillan/Minotaur Books, the author, and NetGalley.

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DESCRIPTION: "A controversial wild horse round-up in the high desert of Nevada results in two murders and too many suspects for Sheriff Porter Beck to deal with.

A helicopter driving a controversial round-up of wild horses suddenly crashes and the pilot is found to have been shot. Then the person coordinating the round-up for the Bureau of Land Management is savagely murdered, buried up to her neck and then trampled to death by the very same wild horses. And there's no lack of suspects—with the wild horse advocacy group having sworn to protect the horse At Any Cost! Now the state and federal agencies are showing up looking for answers or at least a scapegoat.

Sheriff Porter Beck has had better days.

Porter Beck's new girlfriend, Detective Charlie Blue Horse, arrives to help with the investigation, which leads them to Canadian Lithium mining operation near the round-up area that sets off Beck's mental alarm bells. Brinley, Beck's sister, is leading a group of troubled kids in a wilderness program, when one of them, Rafa, bolts one night. When Brinley catches up to him, they're just outside the mine—in the wrong place, at the wrong time.

With his personal life in turmoil, too many suspects and too many secrets, the feds pushing for a quick resolution, and his impetuous (if skilled) sister in the mix, one wrong step could be deadly for Porter Beck."