Dennis Herschbach

A young man is found beaten to death, a radical reverend runs a suspect commune, the most sacred areas of a Catholic church are desecrated, a sabotaged railroad track leads to a deadly derailment, and a Jewish holocaust survivor is hung in effigy. All happen in too short a time span to say they are not related. When the sheriff of Lake County is shot in the back, ambushed, Deirdre Johnson comes out of retirement to solve the crimes.

"From coping and surviving, to transformation and thriving, Dennis has shared what grievers know. Grief is a life-long process. This book of poetry and prose not only follows Dennis through the first two years after his wife's death, but also reminds us grief is an everyday 'relearning' from our relationships with others to ourselves. This is an outstanding book for not only the bereaved, but also the professionals who companion them. It is a book...

"When Deidre Johnson fills in for Silver Bay's only police officer for six weeks, she doesn't anticipate facing anything of consequence. She is so wrong. She discovers the frozen body of a Cree Indian girl within the city limits, and in the process of her investigation uncovers a sex-trafficking ring involving native women being transported from Canada and sold in the Duluth Harbor. She is torn between the normalcy she sees around her and the long-kept...