A Dangerous Season: A Sheriff Matt Callahan Mystery

A Dangerous Season the third Sheriff Matt Callahan mystery novel depicts life on Callahans iced-in island during a brutal winter. Callahan who originally sought peace on Nicolet Island after a fatal acid attack on his fiancée one that left him both physically and emotionally disfigured now discovers a lone young girl hiding in the island wilderness. She is unable to speak but agile at surviving on her own in the desperate cold. In the quest to discover the girls identity Callahan teams with the Ojibwe tribal police and is drawn to a place where myth and reality merge deep in the Northwoods most dangerous season. Besides the mystery of the girl and what brought her to Nicolet Island this winter begets other dangerous conundrums: contaminated lake fish an island murder and a dead body in the woods. As Callahans experienced young deputy Amanda and her neophyte partner Nick work with Callahan to solve the islands crimes they face the additional challenge of piggybacking a professional relationship on one that began as deeply personal. Callahan faces his own relationship challenges when he and Julie his romantic partner disagree over the eventual placement of the found girl. Knitting A Dangerous Season together is the indelible sense of place the Northwoods convey. In contrast to the bustling tourist environment of earlier Callahan novels winter imbues Nicolet Island with both icy danger and lyrical beauty-a fitting environment for a teeth-chattering thriller.