{"product_id":"bad-axe-county-9781982110710","title":"Bad Axe County","description":"\u003cb\u003eDennis Lehane meets Megan Miranda in this \"dark beauty of a novel\" (William Kent Krueger, \u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author) about the first female sheriff in rural Bad Axe County, Wisconsin, as she searches for a missing girl, battles local drug dealers, and seeks the truth about the death of her parents twenty years ago--all as a winter storm rages in her embattled community. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFifteen years ago, Heidi White's parents were shot to death on their Bad Axe County farm. The police declared it a murder-suicide and closed the case. But that night, Heidi found the one clue she knew could lead to the truth--if only the investigators would listen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow Heidi White is Heidi Kick, wife of local baseball legend Harley Kick and mother of three small children. She's also the interim sheriff in Bad Axe. Half the county wants Heidi elected but the other half will do anything to keep her out of law enforcement. And as a deadly ice storm makes it way to Bad Axe, tensions rise and long-buried secrets climb to the surface. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs freezing rain washes out roads and rivers flood their banks, Heidi finds herself on the trail of a missing teenaged girl. Clues lead her down twisted paths to backwoods stag parties, derelict dairy farms, and the local salvage yard--where the body of a different teenage girl has been carefully hidden for a decade. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the storm rages on, Heidi realizes that someone is planting clues for her to find, leading her to some unpleasant truths that point to the local baseball team and a legendary game her husband pitched years ago. With a murder to solve, a missing girl to save, and a monster to bring to justice, Heidi is on the cusp of shaking her community to its core--and finding out what really happened the night her parents died. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith \"striking prose, engaging characters, and a searing story of crimes rooted in the heartland,\" \u003ci\u003eBad Axe County\u003c\/i\u003e is a \"darkly irresistible thriller\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) that you won't be able to put down.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Galligan is the author of four Bad Axe County novels including, \u003ci\u003e Bad Axe County, Dead Man Dancing, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBad Moon Rising\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of the Fly Fishing Mystery series, \u003ci\u003eThe Nail Knot, The Blood Knot, The Clinch Knot, The Wind Knot\u003c\/i\u003e, and the novel \u003ci\u003eRed Sky, Red Dragonfly.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives and teaches college writing in Madison, Wisconsin.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50646903750930,"sku":"9781982110710","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_51e02e93-e7ad-4014-8c8b-36796928d349.jpg?v=1733189532","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bad-axe-county-9781982110710","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}