Wildwood: A Novel by Amy Pease is
the second book in the series that began with the very good Northwoods.
As the book begins, it is October in North Wisconsin and Eli North is in a far better
place mentally. He’s quit drinking, is in therapy for PTSD and other issues,
and is coping with everything better than he has been in some time. He’s still working for his mom, the
sheriff, who ordered him to take the day off. So, he started the day chopping
wood. Not only is it therapeutic for him, it is being proactive as winter is
coming.
His day off is soon out the window when
his mom calls him in. With only three members of the Sherman County Sherrif’s Department,
one of whom is the dispatcher, she did not really have a choice. Sheriff Marge
North might have dealt with the missing woman case on her own.
But, she got into the home, and judging
from the blood sprayed on the bedroom walls, probably Trinity Campanella is
dead. If so, they are looking for a body and a killer. There are other troubling
signs in the home as well.
So, she needs her son and fellow officer,
Eli North, and other outside resources. She had not reached out to the FBI and yet
they have shown up in form of FBI Agent Alyssa Mason. They dealt with her last
summer and now she is suddenly back in Shaky Lake, Wisconsin, and has arrived, unannounced,
at her crime scene. She has also brought an undercover DEA agent with her. For
good reasons too in an increasingly complicated case and a mighty good read.
While this could be read first, if one
so desired, I recommend reading the series in order to see how things are evolving
for the characters involved. Both books are very good and strongly recommended.
As I was with the first book, I am indebted
to a comment on Lesa Holstine’s What Are You Reading blog posts. I had no idea
this was even out until I saw the news there and requested the book via my
library. The read is also available by way of Kindle Unlimited (as is the
first) so I read it that way in a larger font than the hardback library book.
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