Dead News: A Dakota Mystery in Bloomington, MN

If it bleeds, it leads. Poised to win her first contested election in Eda County, South Dakota, Sheriff Karen Mehaffey is broadsided by bad news. Not only does a hooligan deface a turbine in the county's new wind farm, but Alyson Linderman, daughter of a Twin Cities media mogul, is found dead on the launch day of an electronics recycling center. Is it eco-terrorism in reverse or something more insidious? Branded as a bumbling pair of misfits, Karen and her detective-uncle, Marek Okerlund, must solve the high profile murder under a media microscope-or they'll both lose their jobs.DEAD NEWS is a character-driven police procedural of a rural bent. Fifth in series. Word Count: 91,000. Occasional profanity. Minimal gore.