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The Substance of Fear: A Sheriff Francis Hood Mystery

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by Richard F. McGonegal
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Availability:In StockContributor:Richard F. McGonegalSeries:A Sheriff Francis Hood Mystery #4Publish date:2025-02-11Pages:240
Language:EnglishPublisher:Level Best BooksISBN-13:9781685128524ISBN-10:1685128521UPC:9781685128524Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Mystery & DetectiveBook Topic:Police Procedural, TraditionalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.55 inchesWeight:0.7209Product ID:SC5M2F04HW

A small-town shopkeeper is found bleeding and unconscious. A former police officer goes missing.

Francis Hood, a sheriff in Central Missouri, steps into a quagmire of small-town secrets when he begins to look into these seemingly unrelated cases. He seeks assistance from Sandra Brondel, a crime lab analyst, who suffers from a severe form of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. She is aided by the missing man's brother, Brian Rakestraw, who battles his own debilitating social anxiety.

As the investigation unfolds, the threesome form an unlikely alliance, confronting their individual fears while pursuing leads-sometimes together and sometimes at cross-purposes.

When Brian's car is run off the road, and Sandra is found in possession of incriminating evidence, events take a deadly turn. Hood must separate allies from adversaries in his quest to learn the truth.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Level Best BooksISBN-13:9781685128524ISBN-10:1685128521UPC:9781685128524Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Mystery & DetectiveBook Topic:Police Procedural, TraditionalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.55 inchesWeight:0.7209Product ID:SC5M2F04HW
McGonegal, Richard F.: - Richard F. McGonegal is the author of three Sheriff Francis Hood mysteries-Sense of Grace in 2020, Ghoul Duty in 2022, and The Forget-Me-Knot in 2023. The unpublished manuscript of The Forget-Me-Knot was honored as second runner-up at the 2021 Killer Nashville Claymore Awards. In addition, 24 of his short stories have been published, including nine in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. Four of those nine have been reprinted in anthologies. He is an active member of Mystery Writers of America. McGonegal retired in 2017 as an editor for the News Tribune Co. in Jefferson City, Mo., where he worked for more than 40 years. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1969 from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J., and a Master of Arts degree in 1973 from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Both degrees are in English literature and language. He and his wife, Kristie, live in Jefferson City, and are the parents of two adult daughters, Heather and Jane. Before he joined Level Best Books, his books were published by Cave Hollow Press, Warrensburg, Mo.
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