Bad Blood by John Sanford

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Appreshesion agent Virgil Flowers is called to a small town in Minnesota when there are three murders in about as many days in an area where one murder in ten years might occur. Sheriff Lee Coakley, in office only one month, is wanting to make sure she has all the "i"s dotted and the "t"s crossed in this investigation. Virgil and Lee seem to make a good team and the sparks begin to fly. Flowers is "super agent" to the rescue, having all the right friends in the right places to make things happen. It begins to appear that Sheriff Coakley has even more problems as details emerge indicating a religious cult that is into sex and incest is operating in the area. Sanford moves the action right along for a page-turning murder mystery. A good read. Sandy Penton.