Privileged to Kill
Bill Gastner: Book #5
- By: Steven F Havill
- Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
- Length: 8 hours 57 minutes
Description
Wesley Crocker is accused of the murder of young Maria Ibarra, who was found near the "camping place" of the drifter. Crocker's account of the previous night leads Undersheriff Bill Gastner to more troubling questions.
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Bill Gastner Series

Heartshot
By: Steven F Havill
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 7 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
New Mexico Undersheriff Bill Gastner is presented with a case that appears to have brought big time crime, including drug gangs, into Posadas County. Read more »
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Bitter Recoil
By: Steven F Havill
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
Aging Undersheriff Bill Gastner's vacation is interrupted by the dead body of a young woman, apparently thrown from a moving car. Other murders convince the Undersheriff to lend a hand. Read more »
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Twice Buried
By: Steven F Havill
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 6 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
Undersheriff Bill Gastner knows that the dead bodies on Reuben Fuentes' ranch cannot point to the old man. Gastner summons former deputy Estelle Reyes for help. Read more »
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Before She Dies
By: Steven F Havill
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 9 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
When a reporter for the Posadas Register barely survives a night-time patrol with one of Undersheriff Bill Gastner's deputies, the investigation points to a young woman known for her thrill-seeking. Read more »
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Privileged to Kill
By: Steven F Havill
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 8 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Wesley Crocker is accused of the murder of young Maria Ibarra, who was found near the "camping place" of the drifter. Crocker's account of the previous night leads Undersheriff Bill Gastner to more troubling questions. Read more »
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Prolonged Exposure
By: Steven F Havill
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 9 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
The disapperance of a young camper atop Cat Mesa convinces Undersheriff Bill Gastner and Estelle Reyes-Guzman that the boy has been spirited away. Read more »
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Out of Season
By: Steven F Havill
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 8 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Sheriff Martin Holman of the Posadas County Sheriff's Department didn't like flying. Much less at night, with bad weather. So why he took a plane ride over a nearby mesa under those dangerous conditions is a question as disturbing as why somebody shot the Read more »
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Bag Limit
By: Steven F Havill
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 11 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
Bill Gastner, the reluctant sheriff of Posadas County, New Mexico, anticipates his last few days in office will be uneventful. That is, until local teen Matt Baca drives drunkenly into the back of Gastner’s cruiser. Read more »
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Red Green Or Murder
By: Steven F Havill
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 10 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
Former Posadas County Sheriff Bill Gastner, now a New Mexico Livestock Inspector, is enjoying a day on Herb Torrance’s Ranch.But Bill soon finds himself ferrying a broken cowpuncher in the back of his SUV, headed out to meet an ambulance. Read more »
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Nightzone
By: Steven F Havill
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 12 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
What do you do when you inherit $330 million after taxes? If you're New Mexico rancher Miles Waddell, you build a dream. A flat-topped mesa and a third of a billion dollars equals NIGHTZONE, an astronomy-based theme park, complete with giant radio telescope, a bank of smaller scopes linked to a theater, five-star dining in a restaurant with... Read more »
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Easy Errors (Bill Gastner Series, Book 12)
By: Stephen F. Havill
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 9 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
When the first Posadas County Mystery, Heartshot, published in 1991, Bill Gastner was the county Undersheriff. Over time Bill became Sheriff, then retired, and Robert Torrez took over the top spot. But what were Torrez's first days as a rookie officer like? Terrible! It's 1986. Undersheriff Bill Gastner is enjoying his usual insomnia alone... Read more »
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