A long December

By Donald Harstad

Subjects: Sheriffs, Iowa, fiction, Carl Houseman (Fictitious character), Fiction, Police, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Foreign workers, Houseman, john, 1902-1988, Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural

Description: The Nation County (Iowa) sheriff's department slips into a morass of murder and terrorism. What starts out as a simple investigation of a shooting out on a farm, suddenly develops much deeper implications for Deputy Dave Houseman. Dave and investigator Hester Gorse wade through a case bogged down by the sudden disappearance of major witnesses, a multiple agency task force, and the ever present press.