A Lonesome Place for Dying by Nolan Chase is different, for me. Ethan Brand, the major character, in the story, is a cowboy. At least, I picture him wearing a cowboy hat and a sheriff's badge. The setting is the border of the state of Washington and Canada.
Brand's first crime in his new job as chief, is a murder. It's a young girl, who died in a lonesome place, the train tracks. Lab work, investigative questioning and following police procedures, lead Brand to one family. It's a well-known family; one brother in prison, and the other a prime suspect, since it was his girlfriend who was murdered.
The plot gets tense. It's a page turner. Brand, besides investigating a crime, has the mayor on his back. The mayor wants revenge, since Brand fired his son. It seemed that every day, Brand had to report to the mayor on the progress of solving the crime.
He does. Brand does figure everything out. The murderer is caught. But that's not the end. The sister in that crime-ridden family seems to be involved. Or is she? I see hints of another book, coming.
