Scenic Route

Once you pick it up you won't put it down. A new twist in every chapter. Move over James Patterson.</br>-Sergeant Matt Zelinsky. Tuolumne County Sheriff's Department. Sonora California.</P>On an isolated mountain highway leading to California's Sonora Pass Deputy Jerry Griffen meets Lauri Roberts at the site where her parents plunged to their deaths the previous year. After viewing a shoddy accident report Jerry tries to convince Sheriff Owen Wheeler that what happened on the road that day was more sinister than a simple accident. Owen placates him citing budgetary constraints but winks his eye at what Jerry could do <I>unofficially</I>.</P>Covertly obtained information regarding Lauri lack of witnesses and no corroborative evidence are mere hiccups for Jerry as compared to Owen's decision to place Lynn Russell a female detective and former love interest of Jerry's in charge of the investigation. As senior detective she wastes no time in driving a massive wedge between Jerry and Lauri alleging their growing relationship will cloud his judgment and feels justified in removing him from the case.</P>To exonerate the woman he's grown to love Jerry must devise a way to get Lynn off the case.</P>