A Reckoning in the Back Country by Terry Shames

A Reckoning in the Back Country by Terry Shames

Acting Police Chief Samuel Craddock investigates the murder of a visiting physician, whose mangled body is found in the woods. When Lewis Wilkins, a physician with a vacation home in Jarrett Creek, is attacked by vicious dogs, and several pet dogs in the area around Jarrett Creek disappear, Police Chief Samuel Craddock suspects that a dog fighting ring is operating in his territory. He has to tread carefully in his investigation, since lawmen who meddle in dog fighting put their lives at risk. The investigation is hampered because Wilkins is not a local. Craddock's focus on the investigation is thrown off by the appearance of a new woman in his life, as well as his accidental acquisition of a puppy. Digging deeper, Craddock discovers that the public face Wilkins presented was at odds with his private actions. A terrible mistake led to his disgrace as a physician, and far from being a stranger, he has ongoing acquaintances with a number of county residents who play fast and loose with the law.

TERRY SHAMES is the Macavity Award-winning author of A Killing at Cotton Hill, The Final Death of Jack Harbin, Dead Broke in Jarrett Creek, and A Fatal Affair at Bobtail Ridge, all of which feature Samuel Craddock. She's also the coeditor of Fire in the Hills, a collection of stories, poems, and images about the Oakland Hills Fire of 1991. She grew raised in Texas and is still enthralled by the complicated connections and betrayals of the little town where her grandfather served as mayor. Terry is a member of Sisters in Crime and the Mystery Writers of America.

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ISBN 13	9781633883673
ISBN 10	1633883671
Title	A Reckoning in the Back Country
Author	Terry Shames
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Prometheus Books
Year published	2018-01-20
Number of pages	272
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