4.32 avg rating — 68 ratings

"If you like a great "stranger comes to town and sticks out like a sore thumb" book in the crime/mystery/police procedural genre, this one is for you. A 15th generation rancher of spanish descent winds up as chief of police in a coastal New England town where, despite being completely different from everyone around him, he gradually wins the town over and earns the loyalty of his team and the heart of the daughter of a prominent local family.
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