SHARES THE DARKNESS by J.R. Lindermuth
Like Marilyn Meredith, my host today, I write a
contemporary crime series about small town police, their families and friends.
Shares
The Darkness is the seventh in my Sticks Hetrick
series. Sticks is the primary character, but readers seem to like that solving
the crime is most often the result of a team effort (as it is in real police
work) and that I devote equal time to making other members of the team fully
detailed characters.
Marilyn's characters are usually guided by their
religious convictions (and she uses those without sounding preachy). Some of my
characters are religious as well, others not so much. But the major characters
all have a genuine sense of morality. The crime novel is a continuation of the morality
play of medieval times. Without morality (whether imposed by religious
convictions or reason) we would live in a state of anarchy.
Police in recent days have come under fire because
of the actions of some 'bad apples.' I say bad apples, but don't wish to judge
these men and women. With all the stress the job and daily life imposes, who's
to say what any of us might do under similar circumstances.
Jan Kepler and Swatara Creek Police Officer Flora
Vastine were neighbors and schoolmates, but never close.
When Jan, a school teacher, avid birder and niece of
a fellow officer, goes missing and is found dead in a nearby tract of woods
Flora finds herself thrust into the middle of an examination of the other
woman's life, as she searches for clues.
Still Flora maintains focus on the murder. Despite
evidence implicating other suspects, the odd behavior of another former
classmate rouses Flora’s suspicion. Flora’s probing opens personal wounds as
she observes the cost of obsessive love and tracks down the killer.
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