Peter Eichstaedt, (Author of Napa Noir), said this about RAPTOR’S RIDGE by William Florence,

“Another outstanding addition to the series. Here Florence lifts the lid on how it all began. Part-time investigator Max Brand, namesake of his western law-enforcing progenitor and a former journalist who doubles as a journalism prof and part-time private investigator, finds himself embroiled in the complex investigation of the brutal murder of his Oregon town's wildly wealthy timber baron and the man's over-the-hill Hollywood lady love. What Brand finds is not pretty, nor is it easily explained. Luckily, Brand is on the side of a tough, no-nonsense town marshal who won't rest until the bad guys are gone, one way or the other, and this includes members of his own police department. Brand even gets to ride a handsome buckskin gelding into the final assault. A winner by any measure.”