Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/682199 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When the Needle Drops: A gripping new Scottish crime thriller inspired by true events Author: Colin Macintyre Narrator: Unknown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 56 minutes Release date: May 9, 2024 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: It's the run-up to Christmas, 1998. On the Isle of Mull, Sergeant Ivor Punch is losing himself in his vinyl collection, a tragic anniversary and too much single malt whisky. But news of a missing child soon brings him back to his senses. And as word spreads of more strange disappearances, an aircraft vanishing from the sky and a famous classical musician gone with it, it seems a sinister plot holds the island in its grip. Punch thought he knew the secrets of this place, its people and stories. Yet as a grisly trail of effigies and clues are discovered, he struggles to untangle past mysteries and find out what's really happening right under his nose. And time is fast running out for the policeman that locals call 'The Clock'. The first book in The Mull Mysteries Series from multi-award-winning musician, producer, author and playwright, Colin MacIntyre. PRAISE FOR COLIN MACINTYRE 'A storyteller with a unique imagination and clarity of style' - THE SCOTSMAN

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/677995 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Stranger in the Family Series: #11 of Maeve Kerrigan Author: Jane Casey Narrator: Caroline Lennon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 49 minutes Release date: March 14, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: *The No.1 Irish bestseller* The gripping new detective thriller from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author Every mother's worst nightmare … When nine-year-old Rosalie Marshall vanished from her bed one summer night, her disappearance tore her family apart. Now, sixteen years later, her mother Helena is found dead, her husband by her side. It looks like a straightforward murder-suicide but DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent soon discover nothing about this case is straightforward. The Marshalls have been keeping secrets. And someone is prepared to kill to hide the truth. Until Maeve finds out what happened to Rosalie, no one will be safe … You don’t want to miss the book that everyone is talking about! 'With every breath in my body, I'm BEGGING you to read Jane Casey's books!' Marian Keyes ‘The ultimate just-one-more-chapter read’ Abigail Dean ‘Simply one of the best writers of detective fiction today’ Liz Nugent 'A cliffhanger that will make you clutch your pearls' The Times ‘A twisting, seductive, sensational thriller’ Chris Whitaker ‘The twist in the end was as surprising as it was satisfying’ Stig Abell 'As tense as piano wire, intricately plotted’ Neil Lancaster ‘The undisputed queen of simmering tension’ Sarah Hilary 'One of the very best authors writing today' Andrea Mara 'Smart, gripping and stylish' Catherine Ryan Howard 'Funny, sexy, and a character and a case that will break your heart' Jo Callaghan ‘This book hit the ground running and didn’t let up’ Sam Holland 'Blew my mind. One of my books of the year’ Jo Spain 'A slow-burn sizzle that would put romance writers to shame' Claire McGowan 'Add a frisson of romance and you have a devilishly potent mixture'Daily Mail 'Another gripping case' Heat 'This is Casey at her insightful best' Financial Times 'Reading a Jane Casey case is such a pleasure' Irish Independent 'A gripping and absorbing read' Irish Examiner 'A pleasingly twisty and taut thriller' Red Magazine ‘The Kerrigan series remains among the most satisfying reading experiences anywhere in crime fiction’ Irish Times ‘A masterclass in plot, suspense and tension’ Woman’s Weekly A Stranger in the Family was the No.1 Irish bestselling book w/c 18/3/24

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/680890 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jericho's Dead: The stunningly twisty crime thriller from the award-winning author of KILLING JERICHO Series: #2 of Scott Jericho Author: William Hussey Narrator: Damian Lynch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 20 minutes Release date: February 29, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Former CID detective Scott Jericho is done with murder. Done with puzzles. Done with the dark rage that seems to haunt him. That is until a vicious serial killer targets someone close to him. Now Jericho is back, his thirst for justice remorseless. But time is running out. Fortune tellers and psychics are being slaughtered and everything points to a link with a live TV event due to be broadcast on Halloween night. But what is the significance of the macabre wax effigies found at every crime scene? Why is celebrity psychic Darrel Everwood convinced he will die in four days time? And is Jericho's lover Harry really involved in the murders? As a startling truth is revealed and an old enemy re-emerges, a murder beyond imagining is about to be come the media event of the century...

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/682271 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Boy Who Cried Bear: A Haven's Rock Novel Series: #2 of Haven's Rock Author: Kelley Armstrong Narrator: Thérèse Plummer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 20, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: In The Boy Who Cried Bear, New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong keeps listeners on the edge of their seats while detective Casey Duncan tries to locate the threat before it’s too late. Haven’s Rock is a well-hidden town surrounded by forest. And it’s supposed to be, being that it’s a refuge for those who need to disappear. Detective Casey Duncan and her husband, Sheriff Eric Dalton already feel at home in their new town, which reminds them of where they first met in Rockton. And while they know how to navigate the woods and its various dangers, other residents don’t. Which is why people aren't allowed to wander off alone. When Max, the town’s youngest resident—taught to track animals by Eric—fears a bear is stalking a hiking party, alarms are raised. Even stranger, the ten-year-old swears the bear had human eyes. Casey and Eric know the dangers a bear can present, so they’re taking it seriously. But odd occurrences are happening all around them, and when a dead body turns up, they’re not sure what they’re up against. A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/680060 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tame the Storm Series: #17 of The Freeman Files Series Author: Ted Tayler Narrator: Roger Clark Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: February 20, 2024 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Clive Palmer, age forty-eight, was a former history teacher from London who was sent to prison. After prison, he moved to the county of Wiltshire. Ten months later, he was dead. Wiltshire’s Crime Review Team investigates cold cases and has successfully resolved more than a dozen. Headed by former police detective Gus Freeman, the team uses old witness statements plus fresh clues to start the hunt again. Upon his release from prison, Clive Palmer bought a second-hand car and a trailer and moved to a village outside of Swindon in the county of Wiltshire. He was murdered just ten months later. The brutal stabbing and mutilation suggest the murder was linked to his past. Before Gus and his team can delve into the murder of Palmer, they must put the finishing touches to two earlier cases. A hectic schedule lies ahead.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/681577 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Rage: A Novel Series: #4 of DI Fawley series Author: Cara Hunter Narrator: Emma Cunniffe, Lee Ingleby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 32 minutes Release date: February 20, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: “Fantastic...my favorite series ever!” --Shari Lapena, New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door From Cara Hunter, the New York Times bestselling author of Murder in the Family, comes the fourth novel in her DI Fawley detective series, one of Britain’s most enduringly popular and mega-selling crime series. After being abducted and assaulted, a teenage girl somehow managed to escape from her captor. She is traumatized and needs to heal, but the police need her help to catch her assailant—information she clearly knows, but is unwilling to give.  Without the girl’s assistance, DI Adam Fawley’s investigation is at a dead end. When another girl vanishes under the same circumstances, he recognizes a disturbing pattern—and a link to something long buried in his past. . .

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/679062 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Murder Crossed Her Mind: A Pentecost and Parker Mystery Author: Stephen Spotswood Narrator: Kirsten Potter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 11 minutes Release date: December 5, 2023 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • The latest action-packed installment in the Nero Award–winning Pentecost & Parker Mystery series follows Lillian and Will tracking the suspicious disappearance of a woman who might have known too much. From the author of Fortune Favors the Dead and Murder Under Her Skin. Vera Bodine, an elderly shut-in with an exceptional memory, has gone missing and famed detective Lillian Pentecost and her crackerjack assistant Willowjean “Will” Parker have been hired to track her down. But the New York City of 1947 can be a dangerous place, and there’s no shortage of people who might like to get ahold of what’s in Bodine’s head.  Does her disappearance have to do with the high-profile law firm whose secrets she still keeps; the violent murder of a young woman, with which Bodine had lately become obsessed; or is it the work she did with the FBI hunting Nazi spies intent on wartime sabotage? Any and all are on the suspect list, including their client, Forest Whitsun, hotshot defense attorney and no friend to Pentecost and Parker.  The clock is ticking to get Bodine back alive, but circumstances conspire to pull both investigators away from the case. Will is hot on the trail of a stickup team who are using her name—and maybe her gun—for their own ends. While Lillian again finds herself up against murder-obsessed millionaire Jessup Quincannon, who has discovered a secret from her past—something he plans to use to either rein the great detective in . . . or destroy her.  To solve this mystery, and defeat their own personal demons, the pair will have to go nose-to-nose with murderous gangsters, make deals with conniving federal agents, confront Nazi spies, and bend their own ethical rules to the point of breaking. Before time runs out for everyone.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/677500 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Murder at Holly House Series: #1 of A Frank Grasby Mystery Author: Denzil Meyrick Narrator: Tom Turner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39 minutes Release date: November 9, 2023 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'A quintessential slice of Yuletide murder mystery' Sun 'The feel-good factor is off the scale' The Times 'A fun book. Playful. One to make you smile' Stuart MacBride 'A wonderfully entertaining mystery' Ian Moore 'Best read of the year' Quintin Jardine A village of secrets It's December 1952, and a dead stranger has been found lodged up the chimney of Holly House in the remote town of Elderby. Is he a simple thief, or a would-be killer? Either way, he wasn't on anyone's Christmas wish list. A mystery that can't be solved Inspector Frank Grasby is ordered to investigate. The victim of some unfortunate misunderstandings, he hopes this case will help clear his name. But as is often the way for Grasby, things most certainly don't go according to plan. A Christmas to remember Soon blizzards hit the North York Moors, cutting off the village from help, and the local doctor's husband is found murdered. Grasby begins to realise that everyone in Elderby is hiding something - and if he can't uncover the truth soon, the whole country will pay a dreadful price... ©2023 Denzil Meyrick (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/679220 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Deus X Series: #4 of August Snow Author: Stephen Mack Jones Narrator: Luis Moreno Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 33 minutes Release date: November 7, 2023 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Father Michael Grabowski, a Franciscan priest who has tended the spiritual needs of Detroit’s Mexicantown for forty years, has suddenly retired. Ex-Detroit PD officer August Snow—the son of a Black cop and a Mexican American painter—grew up in the welcoming melting pot of Father Grabowski’s version of Catholicism, and has known the priest his whole life. August finds the abrupt retirement troubling—especially in light of the criminal scandal brewing at another local diocese. What dark history is Father Grabowski hiding? The situation takes a turn for the deadly with the appearance at the Detroit diocese of a mysterious priest and combat vet calling himself Francis Dominioni Petra. The man comes from the Vatican, and as his armored guard circles closer and closer to Father Grabowski and his friends, August wants to know why. A terrible crime has been committed in the name of faith—but who is seeking justice, and who is trying to bury the truth and its witnesses? August grapples with his own ideas about faith and his chosen family in this action-packed fourth installment in the Hammett Prize–winning series.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/680059 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Into the Sunlight Series: #16 of The Freeman Files Series Author: Ted Tayler Narrator: Roger Clark Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 29 minutes Release date: October 31, 2023 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Who killed Danute Zukas, a twenty-three-year-old Lithuanian woman, in July, 2014? In Wiltshire, England, the Crime Review Team investigates cold cases and has successfully resolved more than a dozen. Headed by former police detective Gus Freeman, the team uses old witness statements plus fresh clues to start the hunt again. Danute Zukas arrived in Bath, England, in March, 2011, worked in a late-night bar, and was well liked and happy. Then in April, 2012, she quit her job and disappeared. A dog walker found her body in a ditch, but police never learned where Danute had been for the previous two years. Gus and his Crime Review Team unravel a complex mystery with a shocking conclusion.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/676682 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alex Cross Must Die Series: #32 of Alex Cross Author: James Patterson Narrator: Wayne Carr, Zeno Robinson, Kiff Vandenheuvel, Inger Tudor, William Stephens, Peter Giles, Jim Meskimen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 51 minutes Release date: October 26, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Detectives Cross and Sampson are tracking a serial killer who's fatally ambushing young men in the “Dead Hours” murders. They don't hear the machine gun fire. At first. “Drop whatever you're doing, Dr. Cross, and head to Reagan Airport,” DC Metro Police dispatch says. “A plane just crashed and exploded on the runway. The chief and the FBI want you and John Sampson there pronto.” The weapon that took down the plane is a remote-controlled Vietnam-War-era machine gun. The list of those who possess the training and expertise to operate the stolen, .50-caliber weapon is short. And time runs even shorter. As Cross and Sampson race to prevent another mass murder, their fearsomely armed opponent once again looks skyward.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/676636 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Edge of the Grave: A Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery Author: Robbie Morrison Narrator: Angus King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 46 minutes Release date: October 24, 2023 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Two detectives hunt a killer amidst the lawless streets and high society of 1930’s Glasgow in this “brawling series debut” (The New York Times Book Review) that “serves up a delicious slice of gangster noir” (Adrian McKinty)—inspired by the true story of the Scottish Untouchables. “A Glaswegian version of Peaky Blinders, with razor gangs brawling in the street and festering family secrets . . . a dark and powerful story.”―Sunday Times Glasgow, 1932. When the son-in-law of one of the city’s wealthiest shipbuilders is found floating in the River Clyde with his throat cut, it falls to Inspector Jimmy Dreghorn to lead the murder case–despite sharing a troubled history with the victim’s widow. From the flying fists and flashing blades of Glasgow’s gangland underworld to the backstabbing upper echelons of government and big business, Dreghorn and his partner, “Bonnie” Archie McDaid, will have to dig deep into Glasgow society to find out who wanted the man dead and why. All the while, a sadistic murderer stalks the post-war city, leaving a trail of dead bodies in their wake. As the case deepens, Dreghorn realizes that the answers may lie in his old ties with the victim’s family—and the horrors he saw in the Great War. Edge of the Grave is historical noir at its very best—a gripping mystery that truly transports the reader to the lawless streets and high society of 1930s Glasgow and brings a teeming, chaotic city irresistibly to life.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/676681 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 12 Months to Live: A Jane Smith Thriller Series: #1 of Jane Smith Author: James Patterson Narrator: Eva Kaminsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 31 minutes Release date: September 28, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Her name is Jane Smith. But to friends and foes, she's Jane Effing Smith. Why? Because she's the best criminal defense attorney in the Hamptons - the elite world of New York's rich and infamous. Because she's as good an investigator as she is a lawyer. Because she's tough. She's strong. As Jane is preparing to defend a high-profile client accused of a triple homicide, she's also hired to revive a cold case - a cluster of unsolved murders. Then another bombshell lands: a devastating medical diagnosis. Terminal. She's got a year to live. But first, she has a trial to win. Unless one of her many enemies kills her first. PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON 'The master storyteller of our times' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON 'It's no mystery why James Patterson is the world's most popular thriller writer ... Simply put: nobody does it better.' JEFFERY DEAVER 'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades.' LEE CHILD ©2023 James Patterson (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/678348 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Murder at the Merton Library Series: #7 of Wrexford & Sloane Mystery Author: Andrea Penrose Narrator: James Cameron Stewart Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 12 minutes Release date: September 26, 2023 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Responding to an urgent plea from a troubled family friend, the Earl of Wrexford journeys to Oxford only to find the reclusive university librarian has been murdered and a rare manuscript has gone missing. The only clue is that someone overheard an argument in which Wrexford's name was mentioned. At the same time, Charlotte—working under her pen name, A. J. Quill—must determine whether a laboratory fire was arson and if it's connected to the race between competing consortiums to build a new type of ship—one that can cross the ocean powered by steam rather than sails—with the potential to revolutionize military power and world commerce. That the race involves new innovations in finance and entrepreneurship only adds to the high stakes—especially as their good friend Kit Sheffield may be an investor in one of the competitors. As they delve deeper into the baffling clues, Wrexford and Charlotte begin to realize that things are not what they seem. An evil conspiracy is lurking in the shadows and threatens all they hold dear—unless they can tie the loose threads together before it's too late . . .

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/680058 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Normal November Series: #15 of The Freeman Files Series Author: Ted Tayler Narrator: Roger Clark Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 12 minutes Release date: September 26, 2023 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Who shot recently wed garage owner Richard Chaloner in November, 2016? The theory at the time was that it was a robbery gone wrong. The Crime Review Team in Wiltshire, England, was formed to investigate unsolved cases. The team, headed by Gus Freeman, has successfully resolved more than a dozen cold-case murders. For this case, the Crime Review Team needs to uncover the motive for the killing—and fast. Gus dismisses the original theory that the Chaloner murder was a robbery gone wrong. Something convinces him that it was personal. Was the killer someone Chaloner knew? Gus Freeman has handled every imaginable type of crime in his career with the police force, but nothing was ever like this one.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/679683 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Murder in London Series: #8 of Rosa Reed Mysteries Author: Lee Strauss, Norm Strauss Narrator: Stephanie Németh-Parker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 49 minutes Release date: September 19, 2023 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: It's early 1957, and Rosa Reed and her new beau Detective Miguel Belmonte fly from California to London to follow up on a cold case: the murder of Rosa's good friend Lady Vivien Everleigh. The investigation is complicated, if not awkward, as the deceased is the sister of Rosa's former fiancé. Thankfully, Rosa's parents, Ginger (aka Ginger Gold of Lady Gold Investigations) and Basil Reed are there to help. Rosa stumbles onto a dangerous truth. Can she find her friend's killer and save her own life too?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/680057 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dead Reckoning Series: #14 of The Freeman Files Series Author: Ted Tayler Narrator: Roger Clark Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 35 minutes Release date: August 29, 2023 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Kendal Guthrie could start an argument in an empty room, but who killed him, and why? The Crime Review Team was formed in Wiltshire, England, to investigate old cold cases. Headed by Gus Freeman, the team has successfully solved several cases, using old witness statements plus fresh clues. Kendal Guthrie argued with five people in a remote country pub on the night he died. How could the killer have reached Guthrie’s farm ahead of him that night? It seemed impossible. Gus Freeman believes that distance, time, and locations are the key to solving the mystery. A member of the Crime Review Team has a hunch and ventures onto Salisbury Plain alone. But the Salisbury Plain is a dangerous place to be after dark.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/680052 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gentle Art of Murder Series: #16 of The Dorothy Martin Mysteries Author: Jeanne M. Dams Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 16 minutes Release date: August 29, 2023 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Murder threatens to disturb the creativeness of Sherebury’s art college One late-summer’s evening, before the beginning of the new term, Dorothy Martin and her husband, retired police detective Alan Nesbitt, are guests at Sherebury University art department’s drinks party to introduce the new teaching assistant, sculptress Gillian Roberts. However, tragedy strikes on a tour of the sculpture department when the lift breaks down and a corpse is discovered at the bottom of the lift shaft. Dorothy and Alan become involved in the ensuing investigation, putting their local knowledge and sleuthing skills to good use once again. But when another member of the art faculty goes missing and someone receives threatening phone calls, it seems the killer still has something to hide and may very well strike again …

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/678352 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Camera Man Series: #10 of DC Smith Investigation Author: Peter Grainger Narrator: Gildart Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 32 minutes Release date: August 22, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Jo told him the phone call had been about a woman who wanted to have her husband declared dead. Smith thought for a moment and then said, 'Hmm. There must be a few million women in this country who feel like that. I take it her husband's been missing for a while and she's decided it's time to move on. In the absence of a body, which is always a nuisance, she wants Diver and Diver to confirm there's no proof he's alive. And I've told Jason a dozen times I'm not getting involved in anything matrimonial. I have enough trouble sorting out my own relationships.' But on this occasion Smith has it wrong. The insurance company which will have to pay out a very substantial amount of money if Amanda Fitch obtains her certificate of presumed death has engaged Diver and Diver Associates to look into the disappearance of Gerald Fitch, more than five years ago now. As Jason Diver says, he has the very man for the job. All he has to do is to persuade that man to take it on.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/679694 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where the Dead Sleep Author: Joshua Moehling Narrator: Linda Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date: August 15, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: When an early morning call brings Deputy Ben Packard to the scene of a home invasion, he finds Bill Sandersen shot in his bed. Bill was a well-liked local who chased easy money his whole life, leaving bad debts and broken hearts in his wake. Everyone Packard talks to has a story about Bill, but no one has a clear motive for wanting him dead. The business partner. The ex-wife. The current wife. The high-stakes poker buddies. Any of them?or none of them?could be guilty. As the investigation begins, tragedy strikes the Sheriff's department, forcing Packard to make a difficult choice about his future: step down as acting Sheriff and pursue the quiet life he came to Sandy Lake in search of or subject himself to the scrutiny of an election for the full-time role of Sheriff, a job he's not sure he wants. There's a hidden history to Sandy Lake that Packard, ever the outsider, can't see. Bad blood and old secrets run deep. But an attempt on Packard's life means he's getting uncomfortably close to the dangerous legacy of the quiet Minnesota town. And someone will do anything to keep it hidden.