Devilry

By AR Simmons

This seventh Richard Carter novel by AR Simmons is another tale of obsession. Devilry is a contemporary crime mystery involving murders that mirror the "devilry" of the Civil War bushwhackers.
A young deer hunter nervously waits in his stand, scanning the brush through his scope. He spots something in the pre-dawn, but it isn't a deer. When he climbs down to check it out, he finds two dead bodies.
To Deputy Richard Carter, motive for the murders seems clear--at first.
A few days later, however, an angry landowner, searching for the source of a wildfire, stumbles onto a horror scene that could have come from the Spanish Inquisition.
Another body left in the woods? This time the victim is a penniless nobody from nowhere. There doesn't seem to be a motive for his murder--but there always is.
This murder was senseless, sadistic--pure devilry.
You will enjoy Devilry (a stand-alone novel) if you like: Mystery Suspense Series, Crime Thrillers, Police Procedurals, Detective Series, or Tales of Obsession with a bit of history.