The Pleasant Grove Murders: A Joe Bain Mystery - Paperback

Local boy Joe Bain has been elected County Sheriff, after his success with the murders in Fox Valley.

He's just settling into the job when someone kills the Pleasant Grove mail carrier with a hammer. One of the wealthy families along Madrone Way must be involved, but the circumstances are peculiar - and a break in the case is slow to come.

The hammer strikes again, and again...

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