Arizona Guy: Playing with Fire

 

 
 

Arizona Guy: Playing With Fire

Someone has been burning buildings in Ajo, Arizona for months. Then, inexplicably, Ted White’s apartment is firebombed and he begins receiving anonymous email threats. Whoever this arsonist is has targeted Ajo band director and community choir leader Ted White.

Detective Sandy Sandino has been investigating potential suspects: an alcoholic construction worker who tried running Ted over with his motorcycle; a drifter with a mysterious past; a high school senior just released from juvenile detention. And what about the new football coach with a winning record, hired without a background check? Coach Cesar Cruz just seems too good to be true.

Ted and Sandy unite in an effort to stop the arsonist before the little border town is burned to the ground.
 
 

ARIZONA GUY

“I didn’t consider becoming an Arizona guy until I was called a California guy.” 

Thus begins a mystery set in Ajo, Arizona.  Ted White, a high school band director from California, comes to Ajo to house sit for his aunt and uncle, hoping to get some space from a failed relationship.  The relatives are missing without explanation.  Clues multiply.  Will the missing person mystery become a murder mystery?  The dangers of life along the U.S.-Mexico border and the searing Sonoran desert form the backdrop as Ted forms friendships and learns the charms of small town Arizona.

“The mystery is believable and the characters and their surroundings even more so. Ray Spitzer has our hometown down pat. He stirs humor into the story, adds the seasoning of a little natural history, and pulls off a very readable first novel. I hope the next in the series is out soon so I can find out what happens next to my fictional neighbors.” ~Gabrielle David, Ajo Copper News

Both books may be purchased in the Ajo Copper News Book Store, 10 W. Pajaro St in Ajo (520-387-7688).  It may also be purchased in book form or electronically on the internet at the following sites:

WiDo Publishing: www.widopublishing.com

Amazon: www.amazon.com (available on Kindle)

Barnes and Noble: www.bn.com (available on Nook)

Indiebound: www.indiebound.org

The Book Depository: www.bookdepository.com

 

As Arizona Guy becomes available in additional stores this web site will be updated to reflect that. 

 

THE TED WHITE MYSTERY SERIES

The first book in the Ted White Mystery Series is Arizona Guy.  This is a mystery series set in Ajo, Arizona, involving band director Ted White, Detective Sandy Sandino, and retired builder T.J. Tatum.  The high school band members, community band members, and other townspeople all assist in solving the mysteries.  The charming town of Ajo plays as much a part in the series as the mysteries themselves and the developing romance between Ted and Sandy. The title for Book #2 is Arizona Guy: Playing with Fire.