The search takes them to a cave filled with treasure and a Mexican kingpin who rules a vast smuggling ring. As a social worker he published a number of articles in professional journals on a wide range of topics, ranging from therapy programs for children, to program assessment and evaluation, and drug treatment interventions. Tularosa by Michael McGarrity is the first in a series featuring Kevin Kerney, an ex-Santa Fe chief of detectives who teams up with Sara Brannon, an army officer, to discover who murdered a young soldier. McGarrity has taught at several colleges and universities as well as the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy. Michael McGarrity Tularosa: A Kevin Kerney Novel (Kevin Kerney Novels, 1) Paperback Januby Michael McGarrity (Author) 1,534 ratings Book 1 of 14: Kevin Kerney Novels Series See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. He worked on rehabilitating prison programs after the New Mexico State Penitentiary riot in 1980. Tularosa By: Michael McGarrity Head Wounds By: Michael McGarrity Back of Beyond By: C. The gunplay, novel as depicted in the Kerney Series as a. In addition to law enforcement work, he has been an investigator and caseworker for the New Mexico Public Defender's Office. McGarritys began his writing career in 1996 with his version of the Tularosa Basin in New Mexico.

McGarrity has a bachelor's degree in English and Psychology from the University of New Mexico and a master's degree in clinical social work, from the University of Iowa, and is a graduate of the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy. As deputy sheriff of Santa Fe County he founded their Sex Crimes Unit. He has written over eleven crime-suspense novels about New Mexico. Michael McGarrity (born 1939) is a New Mexican author and former law enforcement officer.