Dangerous Consequences
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- $19.99
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
Sheriff Hank Worth struggles to keep his team together and solve a brutal murder of a former antagonist in this captivating mystery.
"Balances well-developed characters and dry humor with a solid police procedural"- Library Journal Starred Review
Elderly tourists visiting Branson, Missouri for a fun time are instead becoming so sick and disoriented they end up in the ER with Dr Maggie McCleary. She asks the sheriff to investigate and, because he happens to be her husband, Hank Worth readily agrees.
When the tour operator denies responsibility, Hank digs deeper leaving Chief Deputy Sheila Turley to handle a simmering revolt within the ranks. Their policy to eliminate overtime pay has infuriated many long-time deputies. Those fired for insubordination have filed a lawsuit, while those still there sabotage Sheila at every turn.
With pressure mounting, they're called to a hit-and-run accident. But the victim's injuries haven't been caused by a car . . . she's been beaten to death and dumped by the side of the road. And she was someone they knew.
Will the victim's aggressive business dealings come to haunt them all? And can Hank and Sheila save their department from destruction?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Early in Booth's fine fifth mystery featuring Branson, Mo., sheriff Hank Worth (after 2020's Fatal Divisions), Hank finds his wife, Maggie, an ER doctor at the local hospital, waiting for him in the police department parking lot. Maggie is worried. Over the past month, 10 tourists, all 65 or older, have checked into the hospital with various serious ailments. Maggie, who's kicking herself for not getting better information about the patients such as the hotels they were staying at, wants Hank to investigate. As Hank and his deputies begin to ask questions, a body turns up by the side of a highway. The victim is a real estate agent who had been quietly buying up properties in and around Branson and had recently segued into time share sales. Meanwhile, unrest within the sheriff's department is surging with harassment from recently fired officers turning violent. Hank must not only solve a murder and protect the resort town's vital tourist trade but battle ugly dissension within the ranks. Booth's complex characters drive the plot, and Branson provides a colorful yet subtly dangerous background. Regional mystery fans will be well satisfied.
