Welcome to the High Peaks of the Adirondacks.Beauty surrounds you. So does evil.Police Chief Frank Bennett patrols the not-so-mean streets of Trout Run, New York, an idyllic town nestled in the rugged Adirondack Mountains. But natural beauty is no protection against the evil in people’s hearts. Secrets…deception…con games…murder–there’s never a dull moment fighting small town crime. This … small town crime.
This boxed set contains three Frank Bennett mysteries:
The Lure
Police Chief Frank Bennett has his hands full when a group of environmental activists shows up in Trout Run trying to close down Raging Rapids, a popular tourist attraction.
Frank thinks they’re all noise.
Until their leader turns up with a bullet in his heart.
Now Frank must figure out why this group targeted Trout Run. And how they’re connected to a feral family who live off the grid.
As Frank untangles the clues, he confronts the lure of cash, the lure of power, and the lure of a happy family.As he navigate the dangerous intersection of love and greed, one wrong turn could spell death to those he most wants to protect.
Blood Knot
When a tough-love school for troubled teens opens its doors in Trout Run, Frank Bennett worries about the arrival of so many juvenile delinquents on his turf.
When a North Country Academy teacher is mauled to death by a bear while leading wilderness expedition, Frank’s worst fears are confirmed. Evidence points to sabotage.
As Frank investigates, he learns more about the school’s controversial techniques: isolation, restraints, and mind control. . He meets students who might be terrified…or might be brilliant liars. And he uncovers disturbing information about the Academy’s headmaster. What is more impressive? His track record of putting teens back on the right path? Or his skill in covering up past scandals?
Then an Academy student turns up dead, and Frank must unravel a knot of deceit and revenge whose threads lead right into the heart of the Trout Run community.
Dead Drift
Frank Bennett investigates three puzzling crimes in these short mysteries with big twists. In the Christmas mystery “Chainsaw Nativity,” Frank’s relentless pursuit of the thief who stole the Joseph statue from the town’s Nativity scene brings him up against the limits of compassion. In “Losers Weepers”, a locket that’s lost, found, and stolen holds the secret to past betrayals. And in “Coyote Justice” Frank’s simmering attraction to Penny the librarian threatens to divert him from the path of justice. These three mystery short stories explore twisting Adirondack mountain trails just as surely as the dangerous terrain of the human heart.
more
Bennett is a normal kind of guy. Liked all the books very much except for I think it was the third one which I didn’t understand.
I liked the small town dynamics and the variety of characters. As usual, the bumbling, relocated, small-town sheriff manages to outthink the state cops. Good by-play, if a little unrealistic. Couldn’t put it down until I read all of the set.
I enjoyed the book very much!
The small town police department is so well written. The weather, the mystery , the sad family dynamics and the clean story were all a joy.
Makes one want to continue with series
I enjoyed the first book, but felt the second and third were slow reading.
I could hardly put this book down and because it was a ‘3 pack’, I moved right from one to the next! Frank Bennett was a character you would want for a friend.
I loved this series and just started the next installment
Thoroughly enjoying reading this book. I Like Frank the police chief great character…it’s quite different.
Enjoyed the cozy mysteries.
Miss Hubbard is a great author. Her characters are really true to life and you become very interested in who they are and how they develop. There are moments of humor in these stories. But she has twists and turns in her plots that you just don’t see coming. I like stories that are featuring the Adirondacks so I was happy to find these books and dove into them immediately. I wasn’t disappointed and I rate them very highly I think you’ll enjoy them like I did.
Good books!
Enjoy this series. Enjoy the setting and the characters. Have started the next in the series.
Why are there two Book 1’s (Take The Bait and The Lure) in this series? Bait clearly precedes Lure in the Frank Bennett timeline.
Really like this author and location.
I read book one. I thoroughly enjoyed it and plan to read the next 2 books
It was nice to have a protagonist who attends church.
It was OK but not exceptional.
Interesting variety of developments throughout the series.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this series.