Deerslayer

Pete Brady Mystery #3

by M. K. Shuman

Newspaperman Pete Brady is on a hunting trip with the sheriff Troy, Louisiana, and his son, when the boy fires a shot. Expecting to find a deer, the men discover a man's body; it seems the boy has made a tragic mistake.Matt Garrity won't accept that his son made such a grave error in judgment, after how thoroughly Scotty had been trained. But he can't investigate on the boy's behalf, so he asks Pete to find out what really happened in the woods that morning. When Brady digs around, he finds that nobody much cares for Dwayne Elkins, the dead man. The whole town knows about his drinking and philandering, and his family resents the way Elkins had been running their business into the ground. Elkins had also crossed swords with a local environmental activist, Troy's oddball.During the course of his investigation Brady uncovers more shady business beneath the facade of the small, sleepy, southern town. As he digs deeper, his journalist's instincts lead him to the truth.

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First published January 1, 1991