The Poison Tree

Jimmy Ray Mahoney is newly divorced, newly sober, and the new police chief in his old hometown. After a problem with alcohol causes the loss of his job and his marriage he spends a year getting sober and caring for his ailing mother. Now he is trying to salvage what is left of his career while rebuilding a relationship with his teenage daughter. Things are going pretty well until a double homicide investigation puts him in the crosshairs of some powerful enemies. He will follow the clues into the upper echelons of city and county government and expose some family secrets. His tenacity could break this case wide open. Or get him killed. Plenty of people want to see him succeed and few will do anything to see him fail.