Splintered Silence

It’s hard to bury the past when bodies keep turning up . . .

After an abrupt end to her tour of duty, former Marine MP Brynn Callahan and her canine partner, Wilco, arrive stateside—both bearing the scars of battle. With a mix of affection and misgivings, Brynn heads back to Bone Gap, Tennessee, and the insular culture she’d escaped when she enlisted.

The Irish Travellers keep to themselves in the mountains, maintaining an uneasy coexistence with the “settled” townspeople of McCreary. But when Wilco’s training as a cadaver dog leads Brynn to a body in the woods, long-simmering tensions threaten to boil over. Forming a reluctant alliance with local sheriff Frank Pusser, Brynn must dig up secrets that not only will rattle her close-knit clan to its core, but may forever change her perception of who she is . . . and put her back in the line of fire.

“Heart-felt and pulse-pounding, this is one you don’t want to miss.”
—Harry Hunsicker, author of The Devil’s Country

 “Furlong spins a mystery that will keep you on the edge of your seat.”
—K.J. Howe, author of The Freedom Broker

“Brynn and her war-injured dog are characters readers will root for.”
—Suzanne Chazin, author of the Jimmy Vega series
 
“This book has it all; action, romance, and a wonderful dog named Wilco.”
—David Putnam, author of the Bruno Johnson series
 
“Susan Furlong’s steel-tough, authentic storytelling delivers.”
—Larry D. Sweazy, author of Where I Can See You

Susan Furlong was introduced to the American Irish Traveller community when a family of Travellers worked on her home. After extensive research, her fascination with this itinerant subculture became the basis for her new suspense series. Susan contributes to the New York Times bestselling Novel Idea Mysteries, under the pen name Lucy Arlington, and is the author of other mysteries as well. Raised in North Dakota, she graduated from Montana State University. She and her family live in central Illinois. Visit her on Facebook or at www.susanfurlong.com.