Experience A Troublesome Affair Documented By Preston Holtry Exhibited In Leaflet

historical fictionmystery, especially if you're a buff of Arizona or military history, Against the historic backdrop of the U, S. Punitive Expedition into Mexico in, A Troublesome Affair is a mystery with intricately connected characters caught up in a turbulent current of racial and military conflict,
Rueben LeCroix, a highly decorated Negro sergeant, is in the guardhouse at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, accused of raping and attempting to murder a white officers wife, Morgan Westphal, a civilian private investigator, is surprised when he is asked by the regimental commander to investigate the crime,
As a civilian, Morgan at first has no wish to become involved in what he believes is a purely military matter with unwelcome racial overtones, He changes his mind after being told LeCroix is the man who saved his life in Cuba during the Spanish American Waryears before, Feeling morally

obligated to help LeCroix, Morgan puts aside his intense dislike of the sergeant, overcomes his latent racial prejudice and ignores his doubt the accused is not as innocent as he claims to be.
Morgans investigation barely starts when the regiment is suddenly deployed to Mexico as part of the Punitive Expedition in pursuit of Pancho Villa, By the time Morgan is able to identify Sophia Parmenters assailant, he will make a long, solitary and dangerous horseback ride deep into a turbulent Mexico, risk his life during a deadly encounter with Mexican bandits and reexamine his feelings concerning racial equality.
Preston Holtry is the author of the Morgan Westphal period mystery series and the ARRIUS trilogy, He has a BA degree in English from the Virginia Military Institute and a graduate degree from Boston University, A career army officer, he served twice in Vietnam in addition to a variety of other infantry and intelligence related assignments in Germany, England, and the United States, Retired from the army with the rank of colonel, he lives with his wife, Judith, in Oro Valley, Arizona, He is also published under the pen name Wayne Preston, .