The Dean's List — Michael Geller

After a failed marriage deepens detective Ethan James depression and he unceremoniously takes early retirement from the NYPD, Ethan has a big decision to make; spiral even further into despair by the constant everyday reminders of his current professional dismay and personal failures, or start a new life in rural Heaven's Valley, Idaho, where his former partner on the force had emigrated following his retirement. Ethan opted for the latter in hopes of getting back to simplicity while enjoying a quiet existence. Nothing could have been further from the truth.