Publisher's Synopsis
THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS MAY HIDE YOU BUT THE COPS WILL FIND YOU!... Fifty-seven of 80 'Pieces of the Puzzle' stories written over nine years by retired Sgt Billy Anders of the Otero County NM Sheriff's Office for the Cloudcroft, New Mexico, Mountain Monthly newspaper ...the first sent from a Santa Fe maximum security prison cell! True-life tales of a deputy's life in remote mountains at the lower tip of the Rockies, southern New Mexico; and other reflections... Thousands of square miles, alone in a pickup truck, sometimes without radio contact for 12 or more hours...no fiction here in deadly serious accounts like The Secret War of Cowboy Bob and the Posse...The Day Johnny Lost Sue on US Highway 82...and Secrets of the Sacramentos! Light-hearted yarns including - The Day of the Broom; Gotta Go Gotta Go Gotta Go Right Now; and The Ups and Downs of Mountain Cows... Thoughtful tales like Bubba Done Up and Flew Away - The Soldier on the Mantle - and There's a Small New Star in the Western Sky. Come along and share the adventure!... About the Author: Billy Anders has 31 years experience as an outstanding police officer, five of them as a SWAT commander; 28 years as a decorated military officer; a Master's degree in Administration of Justice. He's a graduate of the FBI National Academy. His first 23 years were with the San Antonio, Texas, Police Department, where he finished his career as a Captain; the final period as a Sergeant/mountain deputy with the Otero Country Sheriff's Office, working in and near the Sacramento Mountain village of Cloudcroft, New Mexico. Starting life as a Mississippi country boy, his final New Mexico cop assignment was nearly the perfect job at the perfect time!
