Suspended from her job in the Dane County DA's office, Detective Shea Sommers travels to the driftless area of southwestern Wisconsin to investigate the death of her mentor, Pat Donegal. Pat had been researching the murder of a young woman who was shot and burned to death in the 1980s. Shea needs to dig into that cold case to find out what happened to Pat. As she searches, one name keeps popping up. Chanz Loman arrived in the region shortly after Michaella Paxton was killed. Shea's probe into Paxton's death and Loman's involvement reveals dark secrets tied directly to a bloody civil war in Nicaragua. Only Loman knows the truth, but will he reveal his secrets to a nosey out-of-town detective? The ending will shake you! Featuring characters from 2022 Midwest Book of the Year: A DRIFTLESS MURDER.