Bad Axe County
Book description
Dennis Lehane meets Megan Miranda in this "dark beauty of a novel" (William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling author) about the first female sheriff in rural Bad Axe County, Wisconsin, as she searches for a missing girl, battles local drug dealers, and seeks the truth about the death of…
Why read it?
1 author picked Bad Axe County as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Bad Axe County is placed in my home state, Wisconsin, during the spring. Galligan captures the crazy weather—from blizzard to melting and freezing runoff—using it as the backdrop to this fast-paced thriller. Police detective Heidi White has unanswered questions about her parent’s murder-suicide. But that’s in the past and everyone tells her to leave sleeping dogs alone. In this dark, twisted thriller, she must capture a monster to finally learn the truth. I loved Heidi’s fearless plunge into the dark.
From Tracey's list on fearless female detectives.
Want books like Bad Axe County?
Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like Bad Axe County.
Share your top 3 reads of 2024!
And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.
1,105
readers submitted
so far, will you?
