Night Shot

Sonny Littlefield #2

by Nina DeGraff

What’s the best way to coax two sheep into the back of a Volvo station wagon? That’s the main question on photographer Sonny Littlefield’s mind when she sets out to rescue her father’s prized pets from a butcher’s barn in Little Edge, Maine. In that same moment, an estate attorney’s secrets are catching up with him, and Sonny finds him as he gasps his last words. A string of clues and a mounting death toll point to an unsolved murder that took place in the 1800s. For the second time in a matter of months, Sonny is pitted against a stone-cold killer, with a rival hot on his heels. Both men think she has something they want. Both will stop at nothing to get it. And however much they admire her grit, they think it’s best if she ends up dead.

338 pages, Paperback

Published June 17, 2024

About the author

People have described Nina DeGraff’s writing as funny, suspenseful, and very real. During her travels to jungles, coral reefs, and other destinations in search of adventure, Nina’s practical side endeavors to maintain control. The rest of her is a plucky photographer with a ridiculous amount of optimism, and a fascination for the unknown. It seemed natural to wrap her unique real-life experiences into a mystery series.

Her Sonny Littlefield novels are based on the years she and her husband raised sheep and horses on a small organic farm in rural Maine. In writing the series, she draws heavily on her own brushes with disaster, moments when she pressed her luck too far, even the time she brought a tip to the police and ended up helping them solve a crime.

Nina loves photographing animals and scenes that she can use in her art. At the same time, she pays close attention to atmospheric details that enable her to bring a sense of realism to her writing.

Her nature audio tracks are available through most major streaming services. One of her albums gives readers a chance to experience wild Maine for themselves: “Nature Sounds, Maine & Florida,” features a track of a loon call on a Maine lake, a wild pond at dusk, and birds that were recorded in locations very close to where the Sonny Littlefield Mystery series takes place.

Examples of her photos and videos are on her website, www.ninadegraff.com. She blends her photography and graphic design skills to create a range of fabric products, which are available through Spoonflower and her Etsy shop.

Reviews

[S. Glick · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a gift for my daughter. I enjoyed the book. I felt that maybe there was a few too many clichés in it and I found it annoying how the protagonist was crying all the time but OK other than that that’s what took it from five stars to four the book move very well. It was very entertaining and the the antagonist wasn’t revealed till the very end and it was somebody I didn’t have picked so for that I think the book was very good. It’s worth a read.

[Babs · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was a wild ride! Looking forward to the next one!