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by Shannon Baker (Author)
Sometimes, even the best-kept secrets can't stay hidden forever."Bitter Rain seeps into your bones and stays with you, its characters haunting your thoughts long after the rain stops and the sun breaks through the clouds." -Colorado Book ReviewSheriff Kate Fox is still settling into her new role when Deputy Kyle Red Owl's sister, Shelly, vanishes from the nearby Lakota reservation. Convinced it's an "Indian issue," neighboring sheriffs are reluctant to get involved. Tempers flare-and Kate knows things are bound to get even more heated.But when Kate and Kyle start to gather evidence, they realize the case isn't at all what it seems.Their search for Shelly has uncovered deep-buried family secrets, and soon, Shelly isn't the only one in danger.As Kate struggles to nail down a suspect-and with the truth seeming just out of reach-the new sheriff knows she's running out of time.And then she makes a big mistake. Can Kate right the wrong in time to save the life that's hanging in the balance?
Author Biography
Shannon Baker is the award-winning author of The Desert Behind Me and the Kate Fox series, along with the Nora Abbott mysteries and the Michaela Sanchez Southwest Crime Thrillers. She is the proud recipient of the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers 2014 and 2017-18 Writer of the Year Award. Baker spent 20 years in the Nebraska Sandhills, where cattle outnumber people by more than 50:1. She now lives on the edge of the desert in Tucson with her crazy Weimaraner and her favorite human. A lover of the great outdoors, she can be found backpacking, traipsing to the bottom of the Grand Canyon, skiing mountains and plains, kayaking lakes, river running, hiking, cycling, and scuba diving whenever she gets a chance. Arizona sunsets notwithstanding, Baker is, and always will be a Nebraska Husker. Go Big Red.
