Heaven Has No Rage by Liz Milliron is the second book in the “Laurel Highlands” traditional mystery series, coming August 13, 2019.

State Trooper Jim Duncan’s quiet overnight shift turns deadly when fire destroys a ski lodge at a local resort and the first responders find a man’s body inside. What starts as a suspicious accident quickly becomes sinister when the autopsy proves the victim is not the man who rented the cabin. Jim’s left with three questions. Who is John Doe? Why was he at the ski lodge? And who hated him enough to kill him?

Assistant Public Defender Sally Castle, still reeling after the events of several months ago, tries to bury her feelings of guilt and fear in her work. When an anonymous note from a secret admirer arrives at the courthouse, she brushes it off as an empty threat. As the missives, each one darker than the last, continue to arrive at her office as well as her home, Sally’s forced to review all the possibilities. Is the letter-writer a person from her legal past? Or is the threat closer to home?

As the questions multiply, Jim and Sally are thrown into a race to find a murderer as well as a stalker. . .before Sally ends up facing more than an unwanted pen pal.

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A burned dead body. A missing husband. A friend from the past returns. A stalker in town. A friendly face. What they have in common sets the stage to a multi-arc drama that immediately grabbed my attention and I could not put down until all was said and done.

First, there was the mystery as to what caused the distance between Sally and Jim. That and the prevailing mystery of the burned body and the stalker had me completely immersed in all that was happening in the riveting tale of murder and mayhem. Who was the dead man? The more Jim investigated the parties involved, the more it opened up a dastardly can of worms that exposed a web of deceit and greed. Who is the stalker? With misdirection and a little back and forth, it was anyone’s guess.

With visually descriptive narrative, the author knows how to tell a story with engaging dialogue and action-filled tale that never let go, until the very end. This well-written drama reached a feverish pitch as the story came to its conclusion and I was holding my breath as I watched it play out. Well done. I enjoyed this book and I look forward to more adventures with Jim, Sally and the gang in this terrific series.

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FTC Full Disclosure – I received a digital ARC of this book from the author.