A police sergeant investigates the murder of a victim whose life seems eerily similar to her own, perfect for fans of The God of the Woods and Heartwood.
An ordinary wife and mother. A small, idyllic New England town. A crime that shatters the public image.
Thirty-one-year-old Police Sergeant Penny Maclean has fallen into a routine at work. Speaking at school assemblies, chasing runaway dogs-it's all beginning to feel stale. So when the popular wife of a local doctor is found dead on Halloween night, Penny jumps at the chance to investigate.
But the more she knows, the more unsettled she becomes. She and the murdered woman have a lot in common; they even share a love of rural life and animals. Still, unremarkable as the victim's life appears at first glance, Penny can't shake the feeling that the woman had a secret. After all, Penny has her own complicated past.
As she hunts the killer, Penny unearths secrets that pull her into the dark side of rural Maine. She only knows one thing for certain-she must discover the truth before the chain of violence claims another victim.
Autorentext
Alice Openshaw has been a fan of mysteries since the age of ten, when she discovered Perry Mason books at her tiny town's public library. She holds a BA in psychology from Middlebury College in Vermont and an MLS from Vanderbilt University. She lived in rural Maine for thirty years, where she worked as a librarian and adult literacy teacher and raised three children and an assortment of animals on a small farm. She now lives near Cape Cod, Massachusetts, with her husband and her tuxedo cat, Frankie. On the Killer's Trail is her debut novel.