The Wrong Side of the Fence
(A Sheriff Cal Braddock Mystery)
In Blackwater County, some fences mark property lines. Others hide secrets.
When rancher Wade Hollister disappears in the rugged Montana backcountry, Sheriff Cal Braddock expects a search-and-rescue operation. Instead, Wade is found dead on the wrong side of a disputed fence—with a gunshot wound and evidence that he wasn't alone on the mountain.
A widowed father raising a teenage daughter, Cal is used to carrying more than a badge. He's spent years protecting the people of Blackwater County while doing his best to raise his daughter and build a life for the two of them.
But Wade Hollister's murder won't be an easy one to solve.
The investigation leads Cal and Deputy Lena Torres into a bitter land dispute, a multimillion-dollar development project, and questions surrounding a property line with a history stretching back decades. Wade had been digging into that history before he died, and the deeper Cal follows the trail, the more he discovers that nearly everyone involved has something to protect.
Some are hiding money.
Some are hiding what happened to the land.
And one of them is hiding what happened to Wade.
In a county built on long memories and old loyalties, the truth has a way of staying buried—until somebody starts digging.
The Wrong Side of the Fence is the first Sheriff Cal Braddock Mystery, a modern Western murder mystery about family, loyalty, buried secrets, and the price of uncovering the truth.
