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Family Trees: A Pine County Mystery
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507 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 24, 2017
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Dean L. Hovey
49 books61 followersDean is the best-selling author of more than thirty books in three series including the award winning "Family Trees."
His Pine County series are set in rural Pine County Minnesota and are hard-boiled thrillers featuring the Pine County Sheriff's Department.
His Doug Fletcher series are set in National Parks and Monuments. Fletcher is a retired St. Paul police detective who's drafted by the Park Service to investigate a number of murders, suspicious deaths, toxic waste dumping and other crimes. This series is also somewhat hard-boiled, but include a touch of romance and humor as Doug sorts out his relationship with his former boss, Jill Rickowski.
The Whistling Pine series are cozies set in Two Harbors Minnesota. The protagonist is the recreation director of the Whistling Pines retirement community and he deals with the day-to-day issues of his senior citizens and is reluctantly dragged into the investigations of local murders.
His Pine County series are set in rural Pine County Minnesota and are hard-boiled thrillers featuring the Pine County Sheriff's Department.
His Doug Fletcher series are set in National Parks and Monuments. Fletcher is a retired St. Paul police detective who's drafted by the Park Service to investigate a number of murders, suspicious deaths, toxic waste dumping and other crimes. This series is also somewhat hard-boiled, but include a touch of romance and humor as Doug sorts out his relationship with his former boss, Jill Rickowski.
The Whistling Pine series are cozies set in Two Harbors Minnesota. The protagonist is the recreation director of the Whistling Pines retirement community and he deals with the day-to-day issues of his senior citizens and is reluctantly dragged into the investigations of local murders.
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February 21, 2026
Book 5 in the series
The story is set in northern Minnesota where a logging crew is about to start cutting a stand of old growth hardwood trees. A group of protesters block the entrance to the forest to deny the loggers access when a bomb goes off cutting down a tree that falls on a logger’s truck, killing him. That makes it murder. Lots of twists and turns with surprises. A great story.
The story is set in northern Minnesota where a logging crew is about to start cutting a stand of old growth hardwood trees. A group of protesters block the entrance to the forest to deny the loggers access when a bomb goes off cutting down a tree that falls on a logger’s truck, killing him. That makes it murder. Lots of twists and turns with surprises. A great story.
May 13, 2019
I usually read female authors so this was a change for me in writing style. A lot less descriptive writing but still a good story. There is a lot going on in this book, and several mysteries in a mystery that need figuring out. I enjoyed this book for the story and the places in this book, I am from this area so it's neat to see places I know talked about in a book.
November 16, 2022
Family Trees: A Pine County Mystery
Dean Hovey, I read this book when it first came out & absolutely loved your writing. It's a story that puts you on the edge of your chair right up to the last page. It's a book that is hard to put down, so I decided that I needed to read it again. Enjoyed it as much the second time as the first. THANK You very much.
Dean Hovey, I read this book when it first came out & absolutely loved your writing. It's a story that puts you on the edge of your chair right up to the last page. It's a book that is hard to put down, so I decided that I needed to read it again. Enjoyed it as much the second time as the first. THANK You very much.
December 12, 2020
great read, Dean took me on a journey of twists and turns. thanks Dean
May 20, 2022
Excellent plan and good characters. I did not realize it was part of a series until I went to look to see if the author had written out books.
June 21, 2019
Bookclub May 2019 haven’t read it yet as of May 31 2019 but I picked up my copy at library today so there is hope.
Read in less than a week. Enjoyed the premise, the genealogy aspect, the setting (I lived in that area for 15 years). Nice read. A friend was disappointed about inaccuracies regarding the Indian Treaties and others Native representation in the book, issues about which I was unaware.
Read in less than a week. Enjoyed the premise, the genealogy aspect, the setting (I lived in that area for 15 years). Nice read. A friend was disappointed about inaccuracies regarding the Indian Treaties and others Native representation in the book, issues about which I was unaware.
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