Maggie Blackthorne has returned home after almost 20 years to a small town in Oregon as Sheriff. After 2 divorces, coming home means to deal with the memories she ran from, her mother, Zoey’s, suicide, and her dad, Tate, who drank himself too dead.
Not much going on in the sleepy town, or …. After a tip about a call about 2 men poaching a deer, twins she has known growing up, they get away, and then a call from one of them that they are in trouble … dead bodies, missing cattle, … State Homicide Detectives are spread thin, so Maggie with her partner, Hollis Jones, become the primary investigators. Small town living, old acquittances, secrets, new comers, …
Great debut novel, hard to put down, and the ending definitely makes you wish book 2 was out! Looking forward to more Maggie Blackthorne investigations.
Thank you NetGalley and Severn River Publishing for an early read for my honest opinion.