Paladin's Hope (The Saint of Steel, #3)

by T. Kingfisher

It was early morning on the banks of the Elkinslough River.

First line

“Well, if you want my professional opinion, this great goddamn hole in his chest is probably what killed him.”

Piper did not care for tittering. It was almost always a bad sign. If you got a murder victim on the slab and one of the family was a titterer, nine times out of ten, they were the ones who’d put the knife in.