Two Shots (Tony Leach)

When state game warden Tony Leach responds to an emergency call about a hunter who has been shot and killed at a deer camp in the woods of northern Minnesota, there’s no way he can be prepared for the twisted web into which he’s been thrust.Five years removed from a stint with the Minneapolis Police Department, Tony Leach is a game warden for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Content to spend his days in the woods and on the water enforcing fishing and hunting laws, he thought he’d left violent crime behind when he left the city. But a single call from dispatch two days before the deer-hunting season opens changes that. Now, he’s pushed into working a case he really shouldn’t be involved with, and digging for the truth in the death of a noted political operative that some high-powered people would prefer remain buried in the northern Minnesota woods. As Leach pursues those responsible, he finds people and things aren’t exactly what they seem. And as the investigation goes on and the web unravels, it becomes increasingly clear the only way for it to end is with a killer’s – or his – demise.

Joe Albert is the author of the Tony Leach series of crime novels, which includes OUT OF THE DARK, THE RIVER and TWO SHOTS. The books take place in northern Minnesota and feature Leach, a game warden for the state Department of Natural Resources. An award-winning journalist, Joe was an outdoor writer for more than a decade before going to work in law enforcement communications. He graduated from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn., and lives in Alexandria, Minn., with his wife and two children.