As if life hasn’t been hard enough for the orphaned lad and former resident of the Children’s Home, Young Joe Turner struggles with yet more loss and heartbreak, while searching for his true identity as a full-blooded Abenaki.
Three unusual deaths shake the village of Essex Junction, Vermont.Chief of Police, Rob Allen, once again butts heads with Chittenden County Sheriff, Max Duncan, as they work their investigation around the antics of self-styled amateur detective, Bernie McBain — a former Canadian Forces “spy” — and his plump, petulant wife, Della. Navigating around a long-time anti-Abenaki cultural bias, these investigators reveal the identity of a cold-blooded killer… but it is a costly victory. Still, a young Abenaki boy and the bumbling McBains find glimpses of hope in this intriguing, fast-moving mystery.