In A Safe Town - E-book - ePub

Murder isn't supposed to happen in a safe town like Herron... Who could have wanted to kill Tom Stafford, the most popular kid in school, and the best quarterback in town history? Sheriff Mark Bennett can't fathom a reason. Everyone knows everything about everyone in their small southern Indiana town.or do they?When Tom is found stabbed in the woods outside of Heron, the town is thrown into shock and disbelief.
Crime like this doesn't happen here. Sheriff Bennett, up for re-election, is under pressure to solve the crime quickly. Over the course of the investigation, Mark learns disturbing facts about the murdered boy who dated his daughter. As he digs deeper, he uncovers parallels with the county's last homicide, still unsolved after twenty-one years. In a Safe Town is set in 1982 in fictitious Heron, in the hills of southeastern Indiana.
It is full of the flavor and voice of this time and region, on the edge of the South and the Midwest. It is a mystery, with cross-over appeal to fans of YA and gay & lesbian fiction.