Driftless Deceit

by Sue Berg

"I don't have a sister!" When an unidentified woman is found in a park in La Crosse with a four-year-old child, Jim Higgins, chief investigator for the La Crosse Sheriff's Department, uncovers some unpleasant family history. But before he can begin to process the family revelations, a double homicide at the local mortuary leads Jim and his team on a frantic chase in search of a killer with a history of predatory sexual misconduct. Can the killer be found before others find themselves in the crosshairs of a ruthless killer?

Genres: Mystery

372 pages, Paperback

Published December 6, 2022

Reviews

[Evelyn Schneider · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great book. Love, mystery, sadness and happiness. Great story.

[Carrie Abitz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Book 3 of the series really delivered. Now onto Book 4.

[Christine DeSmet · Rating 4 out of 5]

This novel has a solid cast of multi-dimensional characters in a plot that kept me guessing. Jim Higgins, 50s, is a detective with a new wife, a baby coming any day, and he ends up looking after a four-year-old girl left behind by a sister Jim never knew he had. A double-homicide sends Jim out and about in the La Crosse, Wisconsin environs, letting readers visit this beautiful area of the country next to the Mississippi River. Solid secondary characters help make this story interesting. Unfortunately, near the end Jim Higgins refers to the women at the police station as the “secretarial pool,” and the woman in charge calls them her “girls.” The out-dated references were a turn-off for this reader. In addition, punctuation errors abound. Also, several paragraphs and scenes mix two characters’ points of view, which can be confusing. Messiness aside, the novel’s storyline and characters are as good as anything on the mystery/suspense bestseller list today. Give this author a chance

[Miki Markofski · Rating 5 out of 5]

This series is getting better, in my opinion. I very much enjoyed this book. It kept me captivated. I've read them in order and it seems that would be important to do for this series. For this book I felt like the ending was a little disjointed from the rest of the book. I would recommend this book.