***One of Library Journal's Best Crime Reads of 2023***
"The Samuel Craddock series may be the best regional crime series around today. This installment is no exception" Library Journal Starred Review
"It was a pleasure to lose myself with the residents of Jarrett Creek, and its endearing police chief"John Lansing, author of the Jack Bertolino series
Things are heating up in a small Texas town . . .
Plans to renovate Granger's Store in Jarrett Creek go up in smoke ? quite literally ? when a fire devastates the shop and a terrible discovery is made.
Where there's smoke, there's fire . . .
The fire is the latest in a series of increasingly disturbing incidents, following an attack on the store owner's son and a number of threatening phone calls. Who is determined to stop the work going ahead at any cost, and why?
The investigation is about to get scorching hot.
Chief of Police Samuel Craddock knows Jarrett Creek like the back of his hand, or so he thought, until he unearths explosive secrets stretching back thirty years . . . secrets that will shock him to his core.
Fans of Steven Havill and Bill Crider will love this twist-filled mystery set in rural Texas.
What readers are saying about Guilt Strikes at Granger's Store:
"Kept me hooked and guessing . . . Highly recommended" 5-stars, NetGalley reviewer
"This tenth in the series is as strong and fresh as its debut, placing Samuel Craddock at the top of the list for readers looking for admirable, compassionate, and extremely perceptive investigators" 5-stars, NetGalley reviewer
"It is almost like you are sitting in the town's coffee shop and Chief Craddock is sitting across the table from you and telling you the whole story" 5-stars, NetGalley reviewer
"Strongly recommended, as is the entire series" 5-stars, NetGalley reviewer
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Award-winning author Terry Shames is the author of nine previous Samuel Craddock mysteries. As well as winning the Macavity Award for Best First Novel, A Killing at Cotton Hill was also nominated for The Strand Critics Award. The Necessary Murder of Nonie Blake won the RT Critics Award for Best Mystery. Her books have also been nominated for Left Coast Crime Awards for Best Mystery.
Terry grew up in Texas, and her Samuel Craddock series is set in the fictitious town of Jarrett Creek, which is based on the fascinating people, landscape and culture of the small town where her grandparents lived. She is a member of Sisters in Crime and on the board of Mystery Writers of America.