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Book Review of Santa Fe Rules (Ed Eagle, Bk 1)

Santa Fe Rules (Ed Eagle, Bk 1)
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Back in the 1990s, I read several books by Woods and really enjoyed them but for some reason I put him aside. But after finding several of his books in one of my storage boxes, I decided to give him another try. SANTA FE RULES is the first book in his Ed Eagle series. The novel focuses on Wolf Willett, a successful Hollywood producer who reads about his own obituary in the New York Times while he was on a plane trip from his home in Santa Fe. The news story tells of a triple homicide of his wife, his best friend, and himself . . . all found shot to death, naked, in a bed in his guest room in Santa Fe. So who really was killed? And why did Wolf block out the day the murders happened? So Wolf is a suspect for the killings and employs the help of Ed Eagle, a high-paid criminal attorney in Santa Fe. Will Wolf with Eagle's help be able to clear his name of the murders and find the real killer?

I enjoyed this fast-paced story involving mistaken identity, greed, and murder. There was a good twist to the story but I did have most of it figured out well before the ending. I also thought the character development was very good and I liked Ed Eagle, however, I was a little disappointed when it was disclosed that Eagle was not Native American as most people in Santa Fe believed him to be. I look forward to reading more of this series and probably more of Woods other novels as well.