A complicated story with Harry Thursday the archeological searching for some precious rubies. Searching for the rubies became an integral part of the story. Where there is gems and money people”go a little crazy” which ends up in murders that needed to be solved. That’s where detective Schilling gets involved and helps Harry with the mystery. Make sure when you read the book you keep tabs on people and their parts in the story as I found it confusing at times. A great mystery worth the read.

THE RELENTLESS SUN by author Robert Walton is the 4th book in the Harry Thursday series that takes place in Flagstaff Arizona with the archaeologist investigating rubies that have mysteriously turned up in the area at the behest of his intermittent love interest Sara Webster, and Harry soon finds out that in addition to all of the people involved there is danger present and many roads to travel to get the information needed to have a chance at locating the rubies and how they ended up in the area.

Sun is a very attractive Hopi woman who acts as Harry’s guide with her knowledge of the area, and Harry finds that a young Navaho woman named Hok’ee found the gems while looking for artifacts and other items to make jewelry.

Harry meets several people interested in the case including Tom Schilling from DOJ after being tailed by some toughs and rescued by him.

Henry Lone Wolf is the owner of ‘The Triple C” billed as a “Cowboy Country Club” and who appears to be a dangerous character who might be involved somehow.

Can Harry locate the missing gems and discover the truth about where they originated, and is he able to successfully solve the case without injury or worse to himself and those he associates with?

Good story with pleasure of action to keep the readers interest, although at times there are so many players in this novel that it sometimes makes it difficult to keep track, but all in all it’s an enjoyable book that I’d recommend to others, and having been a previous resident of AZ I found it easy to imagine the surroundings described in the story which made it even more interesting.

4 stars.

This is my first experience with a Robert Walton mystery and my first with Walton's protagonist, Harry Thursday. I'm not sure why, but I was not drawn to this book. The mechanics of writing are acceptable; the number of disparate characters are not. Living in the Southwest and having years of experience in Greece, perhaps my expectations were unfairly colored by my ties to both areas. The book certainly has the required aspects of a good mystery: indigenous characters, a mystery involving the mysterious appearance of rubies where they are least expected, murders, romance, government intervention, and a Western environment.

LOVED !!!
Right up my ally. Incredible writing I was hooked Right from chapter one and have reccomended to so many people !

I will be back for more 🤩