Murder in Cold Springs

<p>It is September 1862 the bloody Civil War rages on. In the Cold Spring section of Otis one of the worse crimes In Western Massachusetts history is committed. While on a berry picking outing one late summer day a young mother is raped and murdered her two children ages 2 and 4 years bludgeoned to death. A wet behind the ears Deputy Sheriff Wesley Langdon is solving 011 poor family. governor of the state a nationally recognized abolitionist with eyes on an office in Washington D.C. takes a personal and political interest in the case. Wesley quickly learns that the investigation influenced by politics current events and a changing social landscape further muddied by his own emotional baggage will be a complicated affair. Can real justice prevail?</p>