The second in the Royce Madison mystery series concerns the intrigue of a small Colorado murder. As if finding out who really killed tabloid gossip monger Sandra Holt weren't challenging enough, Timber County's acting sheriff Royce Madison also has to deal with a drifter stalking her girlfriend and an election opponent who's ready to fight dirty. With the Family Morals Coalition pumping big bucks into her opponent's campaign and everybody in town anxious for her to make an arrest, Royce has to dig deep. As for the columnist's death: everybody has a motive, and (almost) everybody had an alibi. Only another murder could make the case more complex.

Crystal Mountain Veils (Royce Madison Mystery)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

York, Kieran

Mystery

Scarlet Clover Publishers

Introducing Royce Madison, sheriff's department die-hard deputy and soft-spoken dyke-about-town. When Royce's father, the venerable Sheriff Grady Madison, was killed, his murder went unsolved. Haunted by her father's death, Royce vowed that no other murder would go unsolved in Timber City, Colorado. In this intriguing adventure, Royce explores the boundaries of sexuality, racial prejudice, family loyalty, and small-town fears as she searches for the murderer of her lover's best friend. Possible suspects abound in the murder of the wealthy Trish Chandler-Sumner. Was it her no-good, jealous husband Luther, who also happens to be the sheriff's brother? could it have been Ray, the gentle, guitar-playing, young Native American implicated by one questionable witness? When Valeria, the object of Royce's obsession, reveals that she was sexually involved with the murdered woman, the table tilts. But who knows the truth? What mask hides the real killer? Unsolved crime means we haven't struggled hard enough for the truth. I hate being robbed of truth. And if we accept the blank page and tag an innocent person, we're accepting a lie. When law enforcers do that, the law becomes neutralized. Our inaction can put us on the inside of a mask, looking out. No better than the perpetrator. --Royce Madison

Timber City Masks

Literature & Fiction

United States

Third Side Press

As if finding out who really killed tabloid gossip monger Sandra Holt wasn't challenge enough, Timber County's acting sheriff Royce Madison also has to deal with a drifting stalking her girlfriend and an election opponent who's ready to fight dirty. With the Family Morals Coalition pumping big bucks into her opponent's campaign and everybody in town anxious for her to make an arrest, Royce has to dig deep. As for the columnist's death: everybody has a motive, and (almost) everybody has an alibi. Only another murder could make the case more complex.

Crystal Mountain Veils

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