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Expected 30 Jun 26Collin Croy was supposed to leave Avalon for good, supposed to be a big NFL star. When that plan collapses, he returns defeated to the dusty farming town where he grew up, surrounded by endless wheat fields that offer no escape.
His homecoming is not a happy one. He finds his father dead, and the death is ruled a suicide and accepted too quickly for Croy’s tastes. He cannot believe his father was the type of man who would give in to sadness.
With no suspects and no clear motive, Croy has to piece together what happened to his father, and he finds that the tiny town he left years ago has changed. There is a darkness just below the sleepy small town facade.
The prairie offers plenty of land where people intent on doing harm can hide.
You can’t go home again.
His homecoming is not a happy one. He finds his father dead, and the death is ruled a suicide and accepted too quickly for Croy’s tastes. He cannot believe his father was the type of man who would give in to sadness.
With no suspects and no clear motive, Croy has to piece together what happened to his father, and he finds that the tiny town he left years ago has changed. There is a darkness just below the sleepy small town facade.
The prairie offers plenty of land where people intent on doing harm can hide.
You can’t go home again.
300 pages, Kindle Edition
Expected publication June 30, 2026
About the author
Sean Patrick Little
37 books109 followersSean Patrick Little is a writer, speaker, editor, educator, and general literary dude from Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.
He is the author of the best-selling Survivor Journals series and the critically praised Abe & Duff mystery series. He has also authored one book in the Shelby Ree mystery series, a space opera called Strange Angels, and is always at work on the next project.
He holds a BA in Broadcast Journalism from UW-Whitewater, a BFA in Fiction Writing from Winona State University, and a master's in Education from St. Mary's University of Minnesota. He has been a teacher, a painter, a paint salesman, and a Dean of Education. He regularly teaches writing and publishing seminars whenever asked.
Little is a member of the Wisconsin Writer's Association, the Authors Guild, the Mystery Writers of America, and Sisters in Crime.
And if any of those groups ever find out, they'll be very upset.
He is the author of the best-selling Survivor Journals series and the critically praised Abe & Duff mystery series. He has also authored one book in the Shelby Ree mystery series, a space opera called Strange Angels, and is always at work on the next project.
He holds a BA in Broadcast Journalism from UW-Whitewater, a BFA in Fiction Writing from Winona State University, and a master's in Education from St. Mary's University of Minnesota. He has been a teacher, a painter, a paint salesman, and a Dean of Education. He regularly teaches writing and publishing seminars whenever asked.
Little is a member of the Wisconsin Writer's Association, the Authors Guild, the Mystery Writers of America, and Sisters in Crime.
And if any of those groups ever find out, they'll be very upset.
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