The Bishop Burned the Lady

<p><strong>"Mystery fans who prefer their whodunits in a cozier form than the old school hard-boiled will be pleased." –<em>IndieReader </em>Approved</strong></p><p>A mysterious fire in a remote forest clearing; a woman's charred bones; unexplained tracks in the rutted road—the only clues Deputy Andi Pelton has to what happened. Then she meets an old man living alone in a forest compound that obviously houses many people. Sex trafficking in the Montana wilderness? As Andi and psychologist Ed Northrup struggle to solve the brutal and fiery murder Andi faces a fear she didn’t know she had. The horrors they unearth lead them deep into the appalling reality of prison gangs and a cult led by a malign Bishop—and threaten to overwhelm Andi and Ed’s romance and her growing bond with her “step-girlfriend” Ed’s adopted daughter Grace. Will that center hold when Andi finds the killer holding a knife against her throat? And if it does and she succeeds will she be able to face her <em>greater</em> fear?</p>