Paula Larocque

Chalk Line: a Ben Gallagher Mystery Paula Larocque 1st edition

CHALK LINE

A Ben Gallagher Mystery Detective

Ben Gallagher has waited a decade for his only brother to be paroled from prison. Only then, he believes, will his fractured family be mended. But on that long-awaited day, Ben is instead plunged into trauma. A murder investigation forces him to choose between the law he reveres and the family he loves. With his loyalties divided and just one heart-pounding step from the wrong side of the law, Ben rushes headlong into the forbidden territory of family secrets and into the shock of his life.

Early reviewers call Chalk Line absorbing, captivating, ingeniously plotted, and guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat. It's also, says the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, a completely different kind of mystery.