It is the summer of 1960. Sweet Water Springs is a small upstate town that had known better times. Herb Wyman has come home to be the town’s sheriff after having been dismissed from the city detective squad. Early each morning, Sheriff Wyman mounts his vintage Indian motorcycle to patrol the law-abiding village of his childhood. His job is to keep his town safe and secure from the outside world.

A flashy Buick LeSabre owned by the town’s banker had been recovered from the bottom of Moosehead Lake. The bodies of two local teenagers are dead in the car. There has been a murder in Sweet Water Springs that threatens the peace of the village. Has a personal tragedy fallen on star-crossed lovers, or is there something evil and more sinister creeping into the small town? It’s up to Sheriff Wyman to find the clues and solve the crime.

Murder in Sweet Water Springs is a wholesome, classic mystery set in a place and time when life was believed to be simple. The story is filled with engaging characters and humor. The reader is drawn to follow the sheriff’s investigation and peel away the layers of evidence to solve the mystery.

© 2023 Austin Macauley Publishers (Lydbog): 9781638290070

Release date

Lydbog: 10. februar 2023