Shadow of the Wolf Tree
A Woods Cop Mystery
In the seventh installment in the acclaimed Woods Cop Mystery series, another suspenseful crime noir finds Grady Service, a detective in the Upper Peninsula for Michigan's Department of Natural Resources, back in action. The discovery of skeletal remains sheds troubling light on an eighty-year-old cold case involving racism, gold, and murder. Combine that with a present-day ecoterrorist whose guerrilla tactics—including a gruesome trap called a "wolf tree"—make Rambo look like a cub scout; a thriving crystal meth industry; and Service's particular brand of grizzled, sexually tense, and action-packed police work.
Death lurks behind every tree, under every rock, and within every raging river in the most action-packed Woods Cop Mystery yet.
Globe Pequot / Lyons Press
Pages: 352 •
978-0-7627-6260-6 • eBook • May 2010 • $15.99 • (£11.99)
Subjects: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General, Fiction / General
Joseph Heywood is the author of The Snowfly (Lyons), The Berkut, Taxi Dancer, The Domino Conspiracy—and the seven novels comprising the Woods Cop Mystery Series. Featuring Grady Service, a detective in the Upper Peninsula for Michigan's Department of Natural Resources, this series has earned its author cult status among lovers of the outdoors, law enforcement officials, and mystery devotees. Heywood lives in Portage, Michigan.
For more on Joseph Heywood and the Woods Cop Mysteries, visit the author's web site at www.josephheywood.com
"Joseph Heywood writes with a voice as unique and rugged as Michigan's Upper Peninsula itself. And Shadow of the Wolf Tree is clearly his best yet!" —Steve Hamilton, Edgar® Award-winning author of The Lock Artist
"Top-notch action scenes, engaging characters both major and minor, masterful dialogue, and a passionate sense of place make this a fine series."
"Heywood has crafted an entertaining bunch of characters. An absorbing narrative twists and turns in a setting ripe for corruption."
[Setting] -
The wilds of Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Grady Service, Detective for Michican Upper Peninsula's DNR, is running hot and cold--Chasing an eco-terrorist trained in the most advanced and explosive guerrilla tactics AND tackling an eighty-year-old cold case involving racism, gold, and murder.