Shamus-Award-winning author Kristen Lepionka plunges back into danger in her next exciting mystery featuring PI Roxane Weary.
Junior high school nurse Rebecca Newsome was an experienced hiker--until she plummeted to her death at the bottom of a ravine in a Columbus metro park. Her daughter, Maggie, doesn't believe it was an accident, and Rebecca's ex-husband is her prime suspect. But he's a well-connected ex-cop and Maggie is certain that's the reason no one will listen to her. Roxane quickly uncovers that the dead woman's ex is definitely a jerk, but is he a murderer?
As she pieces together the days before Rebecca died, what Roxane finds doesn't quite add up. From a series of trips to Detroit and across the border to a casino in Windsor, Canada, to strange calls from Rebecca's home to a charismatic political candidate, to a women's health organization, to a secretive church group that seems to have more information about its members than it should, Roxane needs to figure out how everything is connected before a dangerous secret gets someone else killed.
"Expertly plotted. Roxane, with her vibrant narrative voice, stands as a worthy successor to Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Roxane is an increasingly compelling lead character, her fallibility balanced by her self-awareness and persistence." --Booklist (starred review)
"Read this one and see if it doesn't send you scurrying in search of the previous three books in Lepionka's series." --Bookpage
"Weary is someone you root for, and her grit and determination when working a case is the real draw here." --Bookbub