The Hip Shot

When Skeeter Ellington doesnt show up for happy hour one Friday afternoon his drinking buddies fear something is wrong. Skeeter never misses Friday happy hour. Besides theres little else to do in Preston but drink beer go fishing grow pot or play golf. His buddies Boot Perch and Mervin know they must do something.Across town Hazel Owens struggles to keep a music studio above water and now her significant other Dr. Carol Baxley isnt responding to texts or calls. When a murdered woman is found early one morning in a car at the Urgent Care where Carol works Hazels worry turns into dread.Sgt. Barbara Lowrie of the Preston police a strong-willed Lumbee Indian who has overcome much to climb the ranks throws herself into the case. She finds a tangled web of hatred misogyny and possible criminal collusion within the force. Is the murdered woman connected to Carol Baxley? Are the disappearances of Skeeter and Carol connected? And who is the threatening stranger in town shes heard about? The Hip Shot pulls all these threads together leading to one exciting conclusion.