Secret Song

By AR Simmons

This fourth novel in AR Simmons' series is a contemporary crime mystery. In Secret Song (a stand-alone story) Richard Carter investigates voyeurism, home invasion, and a disappearance while trying to defend a pitiable ex-con from small-town persecution.
When Marie Preslar's shallow grave is discovered simultaneously with the parole and return of Harold Porter, the accomplice of the man executed for killing her twenty years earlier, someone takes exception. Small-towns don't forget--or forgive. No one in Blue Creek wants Harold. The predictable persecution is intended to "run him off." Or is it worse than that?
Meanwhile, Deputy Richard Carter has a voyeur/home invader to catch and a burglar-turned -murderer to catch. Then three people disappear. He has too much to worry about. The last thing he needs is for his usually level-headed and perceptive wife to become personally involved with Harold.
Try Secret Song if you enjoy: Crime Mystery Series, Police Procedurals, or Detective Series that put you in the culture as well as the action.