In this second in the series, Assistant Sheriff Ben Packard is juggling two major incidents. One is the death of his mentor, Sheriff Stan Shaw, which raises the question of whether Ben should run to replace Shaw as Sheriff of Minnesota\u2019s Sandy Lake County, several hours north of the Twin Cities and a popular vacation spot. For someone who\u2019s lived in the county for only a year or so, Ben\u2019s got plenty of supporters, but he isn\u2019t sure he\u2019s ready to give up being a detective. Plus, he\u2019s anxious about how being gay is going to play out at the polls. The other incident is the death of Bill Sanderson, shot multiple times in his bed. Nobody loved Bill\u2014except maybe his ex-wife, who\u2019s the sister of his new widow\u2014but nobody seemed to hate Bill enough to actually kill him. Not his business partner, not his gambling buddies, not his spouse. To solve Bill\u2019s death, Ben goes even deeper into the Sandy Lake community than ever before, peeling off the many dark and gritty layers, deciphering the complex family relations, and at one point putting his own life at risk. This novel works fine as a stand-alone, but readers of the first in the series, And There He Kept Her, will appreciate seeing Ben\u2019s development and piecing together the disquieting world of Sandy Lake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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