Blood Country

This first in a series launch introduces Claire Watkins, a deputy sheriff for the Pepin County Police Department. Claire, a former Minneapolis police detective, and her 10-year-old daughter Meg fled the Twin Cities after her husband, Steve, also a cop, was killed.

When Landers Anderson--an elderly neighbor who befriended Claire and Meg--dies of a heart attack after being sideswiped with a shovel, Claire determines to find the culprit. This involves delving into Landers's family history and investigating the machinations of a right-wing group, Homeowners of America, that is buying up property to build an environmentally unsound development.

At the same time, Meg fearfully admits to Claire that she saw the man who killed Steve. Claire contacts her former partner, Det. Bruce Jacobs, and prods him into accelerating the investigation into Steve's death.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Tyrus Books
Published: 07/29/2011
ISBN: 9781440554018
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 49639 / Blood Country
Reading Level: 5.5 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 13