James Pruett Mystery

Series · 3 books · 2012-2015

By R.S. Guthrie

Books in series

Blood Land

2012

Crime's an ugly constant in the big city. L.A. Chicago. New York. But when a savage murder brutalizes a small town and neighbor turns on neighbor, a tough-as-nails cop is essential to restoring order. Blood Land is a gritty, emotional saga set in the Wyoming badlands with both greed and vengeance at its core. When billions of dollars in natural gas rights hang in the balance and the town's top law officer's wife is slain by her own blood, a reluctant hero is forced to battle his own demons and ultimately choose between justice, revenge, and duty. In the tradition of Dennis Lehane, Tony Hillerman and James Lee Burke, Guthrie's sparse, haunting storytelling compliments his talent for creating richly-drawn, unflinching law officers with human frailties and a sense of justice.

Money Land

2012

Money Land is the sequel to the bestselling and riveting, Blood Land, that introduced the Sheriff James Pruett Mystery/Thriller series. Big crime has come literally crashing down on the small town of Wind River, Wyoming. When a small plane bound for the Canadian border carrying money for the Sustantivo Cartel smashes into the glacial Wind River Mountains, the event brings a heartless evil presence to one of the more remote places on earth. The tail of the plane is discovered, empty. No drugs. No money. Shortly afterward, people start dying. When the cartel comes to town, Pruett will do anything within his power to save his town, his people, the land, and his family. Anything. Once again in the sparse, gritty, starkly poetic styling of James Lee Burke, Tony Hillerman, and John D. MacDonald, R.S. Guthrie brings you his classic hero, at odds against the drug cartel, his own friends and citizens, and federal agencies that begin to sniff out a chance to attack an international crime organization.

Honor Land

2015

R.S. Guthrie was voted by The Author Show as one of "Fifty Great Writers You Should Be Reading"Honor Land is the third book in the series!In this third James Pruett Mystery, the hero is faced with the biggest challenge of his saving the life of an even larger hero. Honor Land is a gritty, emotional story of patriotism, multiple murders, a hero Delta Force veteran who doesn't understand himself any longer, much less whether or not he is capable of the brutal crimes for which he is charged. James Pruett and his team will have to uncover the answers if they are to keep a young patriot from a guilty verdict and a mandatory execution by lethal injection. Don't miss out on Blood Land, the beginning of the James Pruett legend, and the Award-Winning book.Blood Land is the winner of a Gold Medal and two Best in Categories in the Wise Bear Book Awards. Blood Land was also voted a Must-Read Page-Turner by Shelf Magazine, citing Guthrie as "An author whose writing will grab you and not let go!" It was also awarded the Gold Medal and two Best in Categories in the Wise Bear Book Awards

Author

R.S. Guthrie

Author · 8 books

R. S. Guthrie has been writing fiction for several years. Black Beast is the first in the series of Detective Bobby Mac Thriller books featuring Denver detective Bobby Mac. L O S T is the second book in the popular Paranormal Mystery-Detective series; the third book, Reckoning, is now out that closes out the Detective Bobby Mac Thriller trilogy (though it is not the final Detective Bobby Mac book). Guthrie finished his Mystery/Thriller novel set in Wyoming that has been beset by Big Oil, the millions of dollars that come with them, and the murder of a lawman's wife entitled Blood Land . The story takes place in a fictional town in his home state of Wyoming and was published in 2012. A pre-release excerpt was featured in the June 2011 issue of New West magazine. Money Land, second in the Sheriff James Pruett series, continued the saga of the Wyoming lawman and was published in late 2012; Honor Land, next in the series is scheduled for release is Summer of 2013. The author currently lives in Colorado with his beautiful wife, Amy, three Australian Shepherds, and a Chihuahua who thinks she is a forty-pound Aussie. It is a widely known fact that the canines rule the Guthrie household.