Broken down
By: Susan Koefod
Publisher: North Star Press of St Cloud
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Saint Cloud, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780878396047
Subjects: Emotional problems of teenagers; Detective and mystery stories; Investigation; Authors; Murder; Women social workers; Fiction
Description: "The death of a swing bridge operator is clearly no accident, and a troubled fifteen-year-old boy and the aging bridge are both under suspician for murder. Detective Arvo Thorson is having a breakdown of his own: a drinking binge makes him all too vulnerable to his ex-wife's treacherous charms, and may put the cork in his romance with social worker Christine Ivory. Meanwhile, Christine is burnt out from too many years working with Mendota County's youngest crime victims and she's ready for a change, even if that means leaving the county, and Arvo, for good"--Cover.
Notes: Includes reading group guide.