The main character is a former Chicago police detective, Matt Callahan. I had never read anything by this author and very much enjoyed this book. It would be a safe bet that a sequel to this highly satisfying story is already in the works. Starting out as an exploration of local color and characters on this remote island, the story develops into an edge-of-your seat page turner with a surprising conclusion. Soon Callahan, Amanda, and Julie find themselves in a vortex involving corruption, and international terrorism with possible ties to the IRA, and online efforts to foment political unrest.įee is a gifted storyteller who successfully weaves romance, as well as Callahan’s emotional recovery from his scars, into this original thriller. But the discovery of the body of an unidentified man leads to the realization that these cases are neither minor nor unrelated, and possible links to the local population’s generations-old Irish heritage start to emerge. Helped by his two local employees, Amanda, a beautiful young female deputy and Julie, a former librarian as a dispatcher, Callahan starts following up on the three open – seemingly minor and unrelated – cases left by his predecessor. Matt Callahan is starting a new life as the sheriff on the island of Nicolet County after being terribly disfigured, and emotionally scarred, in an acid attack while a detective on the Chicago police force. And while the plot starts out in adagio to develop the main characters as they engage in the tedium of local police work, in a manner reminiscent of the classical English mystery writers, it soon picks up speed toward allegro vivace in an explosive climax. Setting the scene – a new sheriff is coming to a quaint town on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula – Russell Fee employs short, brisk chapters to move the story along. A Dangerous Remedy is a smart, unpredictable mystery novel featuring complex characters, small-town intrigue, a sweet love story, and international terrorism in an intricate plot that keeps the story shifting.

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