A Black Bear Killer in Castaway County
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About the Book
Wendell “Dell” Hinton, sheriff of Castaway County, Maine, is happily sleeping when his phone rings in the middle of the night, alerting him to a multiple homicide at a local truck stop. As Dell—who has already solved a ten-year-old cold case during his first term—crawls out of bed, kisses his news anchor girlfriend goodbye, and leaves for the truck stop, he suspects a short night is about to turn into a very long day.
When the sheriff arrives on the gruesome scene, he learns that a game warden and two clerks are victims of an apparent robbery. With Lieutenant Frank Bell of the Maine State Police Bureau of Investigations at the helm, Dell delves into the complex investigation. The only witness to the killings, one of the two clerks, is in a coma and there is no apparent motive besides a botched robbery, so the sheriff begins following a trail of clues that soon lead him to believe he may be dealing with a professional killer rather than an amateur thief.
In this gripping mystery, a sheriff in the north woods of Maine must use his investigative skills and common sense to piece together the puzzle of what really happened at the Black Bear Truck Stop on a warm summer night.
About the Author
John Hickman worked in law enforcement for over twenty-eight years, spending the majority of his career with the Loudoun County sheriff’s office in Virginia. His varied experience includes serving ten years on the sheriff’s senior staff and publishing articles in American Jails Magazine and the National Sheriff Magazine. John lives in Virginia with his wife, Jennifer. This is the second book in his Castaway County series.