Death in the River Valley

Arkansas, 1932

Otis Mankin, a devoted clerk on the U.S. Marshals Service for over 40 years, had a visitor the night he died. 

Margaret Wilkerson, high school senior and future valedictorian, was murdered in cold blood. 

Rookie cop Jake Bradford believes both of their deaths might be linked. 

Set against the backdrop of the Great Depression in 1930s Arkansas, Death in the River Valley follows a murder investigation steeped in mystery and intrigue. As Bradford uncovers more and more clues, he discovers a conspiracy that might just ruin his entire state - and get him killed. 

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When Rookie cop Jake Bradford discovers the body of a dead girl on the edges of a political rally, he barrels head first into an investigation that leads him to the city's top officials.

But when a convenient and perfectly timed perp confesses to the crime, Bradford must choose whether to accept it as truth, or keep searching for the real killer on his own.

Traveling to the antiquated yet almost utopian town of Lee in the heart of the Arkansas Delta, Bradford begins to uncover a conspiracy that reaches far beyond the boundaries of his city.

Powerful forces want him off the trail, and they'll do anything to silence him - forever.