Buried in the Backwater
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A lifeless girl slips into the river, cold and crumpled. Her body washes away with the rain. Her killer remains a mystery. Sheriff Elven Hallie has been longing for a new case that would add some excitement to his small-town life. But a dead girl wasn't what he expected. On the last murder case he worked, he was just a deputy with an experienced Sheriff to guide him and they were looking for an outsider. This time, he's in charge, and the killer is part of their community. Short-staffed, and newly elected, Elven has an entire West Virginia county to police. With the help of his new deputy, Maddison Cook, Elven must navigate between Dupray's rich and poor. It's an uphill battle the entire way. With pressures mounting from the townspeople, county officials, and his own sense of duty, will he be able to catch the killer? Or will another body surface, pulling Elven in over his head? If you're a fan of C.J. Box's Joe Pickett, Craig Johnson's Longmire, Jeff Carson's David Wolf and Patrick Logan's Damien Drake, then you will be sucked into this page-turning mystery with an ending that you'll never see coming!
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When the body of a young girl is found in the river, the entire town is demanding answers. Sheriff Elven Hallie hands his hands full, trying to figure out who would have done such a thing, and why. As the investigation unfolds, he finds himself at odds with one of the towns leading families, and some not so subtle threats about his job are thrown in as well.
To solve the case, Elven is going to have to sift through the evidence, and look in some unlikely places, with some help from an unlikely source before all is said and done.
This was a great read! I really liked it, and look forward to reading more from this author.
