Dizzy in Durango

Missing women, abandoned children, and a crazy mariachi fan add up to further trouble for Andy Veracruz. After a fellow traveler disappears, he can't concentrate on vacationing. Worse, he's saddled with two children who aren't his, an angry would-be girlfriend, and a self-appointed younger brother who is more reckless than he is. No wonder he starts seeing double!
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Ransdell's fluid style allows Andy's story to unfold effortlessly. Besides providing a vivid insider's view of Durango, Ransdell demonstrates how the machismo attitude in Mexico warps the lives of women and children.
―J. L. Greger, author of I Saw You in Beirut
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"With his personal and professional life in a mess, Andy
Veracruz's head is already spinning when he heads to Mexico and gets mixed up with a missing woman, missing children, and a mariachi fan who's missing a few screws. Murder, mayhem, and mariachi music... how else would you expect to find Andy 'Dizzy in Durango'?"

―Amy Bennett, author of The Black Horse Campground mysteries

After earning a degree to teach Spanish, D.R. Ransdell moved to Durango, Mexico. Her favoriteSaturdaynights were spent at house parties where guests fought over the guitar. When she returned to the U.S.five years later, she was so homesick for Mexico that she joined a mariachi band. Within weeks she had ideas for dozens of murder mysteries!