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<p><P>In Mineral Spirits, Sheriff Kip Edelson investigates the story behind a woman's skeleton that a young boy stumbles across on a river bank. He gets a tip that her name was Chris and he knows her death was not accidental-but little else. As he traces Mineral County residents with similar names and seeks clues to who might have killed her and why, a story evolves that includes drug dealers, a shootout, an abandoned boy, and the sheriff's own marital strains.</p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p>Sharfeddin's second western (after 2005's Blackbelly) is a sharp, perceptive blend of crime and contemporary life issues. When 10-year-old Gray Dausman reports a badly decomposed body near the Clark Fork River, Kip Edelson, the new sheriff of Montana's sparsely populated Mineral County, is impressed by the boy's bravery, but becomes concerned after he learns about Gray's troubles at home. A tip about the female corpse's identity leads the sheriff to investigate area women with names similar to Chris, including Gray's missing mother, Kristi Blackhorse, and Christen Vining, the sister of Randy McHugh, owner of a popular tavern. Complicating the situation is the twisted relationship Randy has wit

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Author

Sharfeddin, Heather

Publisher

Bridgehampton, N.Y.: Bridge Works Pub. ; Lanham, Md.: Distributed in the U.S. by National Book Network

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9781882593989

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Mystery

Rating

3.6 / 5 (48 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13