Devil at the Bridge (Canton County Chronicles Mysteries Book 2)

“The whole series is worth reading. I couldn't put the books down.”—Sara A., Verified Purchaser review referencing entire series (from review of A MODICUM OF THANKS, Canton County Chronicles Mysteries Short Story #2)

Newly-elected Canton Circuit Court Clerk Kit Babcock faces new challenges when a local rich kid gets charged with murder, and a special judge from nearby Sanders County, Jed Grimes, gets appointed to try the case.

Rex Roberts, defense counsel, and Priscilla Clewes, the newly-appointed Canton County Commonwealth Attorney, constantly argue. Judge Grimes and Roberts seem to hate each other and do little to hide their contempt. And then the air conditioning in the courthouse goes on the fritz--in the middle of a heat wave--putting everyone in a bad mood.

And it certainly doesn’t help Kit’s mood when she finds out that her former boyfriend, Deputy Sheriff Brett Harlan, is apparently going out with Pris, Kit’s rival since childhood.

Even one of the jurors becomes a problem. Coy Logan balked at serving, claiming he had better things to do since he was in the middle of a nasty divorce and had business problems.

But then one morning Logan fails to show up and no one can find him.

Until the next day.

Logan's body washes up at the very same place where two jury views of the purported crime scene took place: a bridge over an inlet called The Devil's Crossing. And the death was no accident.

When another person connected with Coy Logan turns up dead as the trial nears its end, Kit begins to worry that the two deaths are somehow connected.

DEVIL AT THE BRIDGE is the second novel in the Canton County Chronicles Mysteries series.