About the Book:
In the unforgiving wilderness of Maine, a disgraced detective must confront his past to solve a chilling murder.
Detective Brock Justice's career is on thin ice. Once the golden boy of Maine State Police, Brock now finds himself exiled to the remote northeastern wilderness, punishment for crossing the thin blue line. Assigned to the Major Crimes Unit―North, he suffers the added indignity of partnering with newly-minted Detective Chloe Wright, a rookie with her own hidden struggles.
The pair’s uneasy alliance is put to the test almost immediately when a routine snowmobile retrieval in the coastal town of Blue Hill unexpectedly escalates into a full-blown murder investigation. Even as the case exposes the darkest corners of the town, their fragile partnership threatens to undermine the investigation at every turn.
Brock and Chloe's hunt draws them into the lives of several intriguing locals: the town doctor, a biker gang involved in drug trafficking, a politically connected sheriff, and Brock’s own father. With each revelation, the line between ally and enemy blurs, compelling Brock and Chloe to question their trust in everyone around them, including each other.
Even as winter's icy grip loosens from Blue Hill, the noose of suspicion tightens. Brock must navigate not only a shaky partnership and a town harboring deadly secrets, but also the shadows of his own past. Can he and Chloe piece together the puzzle before Maine's wilderness swallows them whole?
My Review:
This is the first novel in a new series and it is going to be a good one. I like Coffin combining an older detective working with a new one. Brock testified against an officer so is disliked by many and is relegated to more remote work. He is mentoring Chloe, a new detective and she is full of energy. Brock has to walk the narrow path of doing his job while wondering if his own father is a murderer. Coffin has provided a good balance of investigative police work and Brock's personal life. Brock is going to have to grow on me as my first impression of him was that he was a bit too egotistical. But Chloe can bring him back to ground. There is a great twist at the end that I loved. I know there is a sequel planned and I will impatiently be waiting for it.
My rating: 4/5 stars.
About the Author:
Bruce Robert Coffin is an international bestselling novelist and former detective sergeant with more than twenty-seven years in law enforcement. At the time of his retirement, from the Portland, Maine police department, he supervised all homicide and violent crime investigations for Maine’s largest city. Following the terror attacks of September 11th, Bruce spent four years working counter-terrorism with the FBI, earning the Director’s Award, the highest honor a non-agent can receive.
Bruce is the author of the Detective Byron mysteries, The Turner and Mosley Files (with bestselling author LynDee Walker), and the forthcoming Detective Justice mysteries (November 2025).
Winner of Killer Nashville’s Silver Falchion Awards for Best Procedural, and Best Investigator, and the Maine Literary Award for Best Crime Fiction Novel, Bruce was also a finalist for the Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel. An Anthony Award nominated short fiction writer, his stories have been published in more than fifteen anthologies, including Best American Mystery Stories 2016.
(My star ratings: 5-I love it, 4-I like it, 3-It's OK, 2-I don't like it, 1-I hate it.)
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