The Gentle Slope
by R.M. Lowery
When 16-year-old Grace Sutherland is murdered, her body dumped along the riverbank, the news shocks most in the Midwest town of Stonebridge, but for reporter Jakob Larsen, her death dredges up particularly bad memories. Two years ago, his father was murdered, and police have yet to make an arrest. Jakob is determined to find answers for the Sutherlands, answers his family still doesn’t have.