Bag Limit

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Bag Limit
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First edition
Author Steven F. Havill
LanguageEnglish
SeriesBill Gastner #9
Genre Crime novel
Publisher St. Martin's Press
Publication date
17 November 2001
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages336 pp
ISBN 0-312-25183-1
OCLC 47237670
813/.54 21
LC Class PS3558.A785 B34 2001
Preceded byDead Weight 
Followed byScavengers 

Bag Limit is a mystery novel written by Steven F. Havill, published in 2001. [1] It was the last of nine crime novels featuring Bill Gastner, the reluctant sheriff of Posados County, who had previously appeared in Dead Weight (2000). [2] [1]

Contents

Plot summary

Sheriff Bill Gastner hopes his last few days in office will be uneventful, but this is before a local 17-year-old named Matt Baca drives drunkenly into his cruiser. Baca stumbles drunkenly into the night as Gastner confronts him. He is later arrested passed out at his home. After kicking open sheriff Gastner's temporary cruisers window, he is transferred to a local Border Patrol unit. The transfer turns fatal when Baca pushes himself away, accidentally into a delivery trucks path. The plot thickens as the dead teens father is found dead in his kitchen the next morning. Thus bringing Gastner into a confusing set of clues to lead him to why Baca kept fighting his arrest, where is and where did he get his fake I.D., and who was involved in the struggle with Matt Baca's father leading to his death.

Reception

A review of Bag Limit in Publishers Weekly said, "Unfortunately, crime fans with even the slightest taste for action are going to be fidgeting after the first hundred sluggish pages." [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Zaleski, Jeff; Cannon, Peter (October 29, 2001). "Bag Limit (Book Review)". Publishers Weekly . Retrieved August 24, 2025 via EBSCOhost.
  2. Shuman, R. Baird (January 2007). "Steven F. Havill". Guide to Literary Masters & Their Works. Literary Reference Plus via EBSCOhost.