A Field of Darkness

ISBN: 089296023X

Title: A Field of Darkness

Author: Cornelia Read

KDL Description:

A tough-talking, shotgun-toting debutante gets in over her head investigating a pair of cold case murders in this assured, thrilling first novel.

Amazon Description:

Madeline Dare isnt your average detective. Born into a blue-blood family, she followed her heart to marry ruggedly handsome Dean, a farmboy-genius investor whos as far from high society as humanly possible. Now Maddies stuck in the post-industrial wasteland of Syracuse, New York, while her husband spends weeks on the road perfecting the railway equipment innovation that might be their only chance to escape. She can handle churning out lightweight features for the local paperits the Dean-less nights in their dingy, WASP-castoff-crammed apartment that Maddie cant stomach. Obsession trumps angst when a set of long-buried dog tags link her favorite cousin to the scene of a vicious double homicide. Drawn by the desire to clear her cousins name, Maddie uncovers a startling web of intrigue and family secrets that could prove even more deadly.