Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Books of 2019

Dennis Lehane fits Megan Miranda with this tense, atmospheric thriller about the first feminine sheriff in rural Bad Axe State, Wisconsin, as she looks for a missing female, battles local drug dealers, and seeks the reality about the loss of life of her parents twenty years ago—all like a winter storm rages in her embattled community.

Fifteen years ago, Heidi White’s parents were shot to loss of life on the Bad Axe County farm. The authorities declared it a murder- about Bad Axe County: A Book suicide and closed the situation. But that night, Heidi found the one hint she knew may lead to the truth—if only the investigators would pay attention.

Now Heidi White colored is Heidi Kick, wife of community baseball story Harley Kick and mom of three small kids. She’s also the interim sheriff in Poor Axe. Fifty percent the county wants Heidi elected however the other half will do anything to keep her out of police. And as a dangerous ice storm makes it way to Bad Axe, tensions rise and long-buried secrets climb to the top.

As freezing rainfall washes out highways and rivers overflow their banks, Heidi finds herself on the trail of a missing teenaged girl. Clues business lead her down twisted paths to backwoods stag celebrations, derelict dairy products farms, and the local salvage backyard—where in fact the body of the different teenage girl has been properly hidden for a decade.

As the surprise rages on, Heidi realizes that someone is planting clues for her to come across, leading her for some unpleasant truths that point to the neighborhood baseball team and a legendary game her husband pitched years ago. Having a murder to resolve, a missing girl to save lots of, and a monster to bring to justice, Heidi is usually within the cusp of shaking her community to its core—and learning what really occurred the night time her parents passed away.