A Lonesome Place for Murder

In this dark mystery, perfect for fans of C. J. Box, one wrong step leads Ethan Brand to the most dangerous case of his career. . . and the most personal.

Hoping to surprise his sons, Ethan Brand, the chief of police of a small town in northern Washington state, is contemplating buying a horse. But when the horse literally stumbles upon an abandoned smuggling tunnel, Ethan and his lead investigator Brenda Lee Page discover a dead body connected to a decade-old mystery.

Ten years ago, Tyler Rash, a troubled friend of Ethan’ s, vanished without a trace. The body in the tunnel has Tyler’ s ID and personal effects.  

As Ethan and Brenda Lee investigate Tyler’ s disappearance, they follow a trail that leads them to a cross-border smuggling operation connected to the town’ s notorious family of smugglers. And when a bomb is sent to Ethan’ s own house, the case takes a deadly and personal turn. A killer is stalking Ethan Brand– a killer he’ ll have to face if he wants to see his family again.