The Last Landing

One record flight. One final reckoning. A New Mexico cozy mystery where the past has nowhere left to hide.

Teo Lucero is preparing for a state ballooning distance record when a practice flight gives her a view she wishes she had missed: a truck nose-down in a screened-off drain, with footprints leading away across the frost.

The man found dead was about to reveal what he knew about the fiestas past. The valley settles on a story of flight and misfortune. Teos log—and the marks she saw from above—tell her to keep asking questions.

Now the threads she has followed through years of flying lead back to the death of founding pilot Gus Vigil in 1978. Old records, disputed land, and her uncle Ramóns long-held memories bring the case closer to home than ever. As the record attempt approaches, Teo must decide how much she is willing to risk to expose a truth her community has built its life around avoiding.

With Wes, Marisol, Dominic, and Ballast beside her, she faces the most personal investigation of her flying career.

The Last Landing is Book 10 of The Rio Grande Balloon Mysteries, bringing the founding mystery and the series slow-building romance to their culmination. Best enjoyed after Books 1–9. Includes a ballooning-records feature and Tío Ramóns red chile tamales recipe.

For readers who love:

• A long-running mystery reaching a carefully earned conclusion

• Cold-case connections, family loyalty, and secrets woven into a community

• A resourceful pilot and the friends who help her find her way home

• New Mexico skies, a beloved canine companion, and a heartfelt romantic payoff