Name: Hard Row

Author: Margaret Maron
Year: 2007
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Mystery, Fiction, Thriller

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 As Judge Deborah Knott presides over a case involving a barroom brawl, it becomes clear that deep resentments over race, class, and illegal immigration are simmering just below the surface in the countryside. An early spring sun has begun to shine like a blessing on the fertile fields of North Carolina, but along with the seeds sprouting in the thawing soil, violence is growing as well. Mutilated body parts have appeared along the back roads of Colleton County, and the search for the victim's identity and for that of his killer will lead Deborah and her new husband, Sheriff's Deputy Dwight Bryant, into the desperate realm of undocumented farm workers exploited for cheap labor.

In the meantime, Deborah and Dwight continue to adjust to married life and to having Dwight's eight-year-old son, Cal, live with them full time. When another body is found, these newlyweds will discover dark truths that threaten to permanently alter the serenity of their rural surroundings and their new life together.
This book is part of the "Deborah Knott Mysteries" series. Here are some other books from this series:
"Designated Daughters"
First published in 2014
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"The Buzzard Table"
First published in 2012
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"Three-Day Town"
First published in 2011
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"Christmas Mourning"
First published in 2010
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"Death's Half Acre"
First published in 2008
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"Winter's Child"
First published in 2006
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"Rituals of the Season"
First published in 2005
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"High Country Fall"
First published in 2004
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"Slow Dollar"
First published in 2002
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"Uncommon Clay"
First published in 2001
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"Storm Track"
First published in 2000
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"Up Jumps the Devil"
First published in 1996
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"Shooting at Loons"
First published in 1994
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"Southern Discomfort"
First published in 1993
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"Bootlegger's Daughter"
First published in 1992
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"Killer Market"
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"Home Fires"
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"Long Upon the Land"
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Similar books:

Killer Market by Margaret Maron
Death's Half Acre by Margaret Maron
Slow Dollar by Margaret Maron
Winter's Child by Margaret Maron
Shooting at Loons by Margaret Maron
Sand Sharks by Margaret Maron
Storm Track by Margaret Maron
Home Fires by Margaret Maron
Rituals of the Season by Margaret Maron
High Country Fall by Margaret Maron
The Buzzard Table by Margaret Maron
Southern Discomfort by Margaret Maron
Up Jumps the Devil by Margaret Maron
Uncommon Clay by Margaret Maron
Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron
Long Upon the Land by Margaret Maron
Christmas Mourning by Margaret Maron
Designated Daughters by Margaret Maron
Three-Day Town by Margaret Maron
Bloody Kin by Margaret Maron


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