January's Betrayal — A.E. Howe

The specter of corruption has hovered over the Adams County Sheriff's Office for months. Criminal investigator Larry Macklin is convinced he's identified a mole for drug dealers within the department, but he doesn't have enough evidence to prove it. Larry's attention is diverted when a recently released suspect in a series of rapes is shot and killed in the act of raping and murdering a woman… or so it seems. But the more Larry digs into the case, the more it becomes clear that the incident is part of a larger conspiracy -- one that could have a devastating effect on his father's career as sheriff. Larry is desperate to find the real killer and to protect the reputation of the sheriff's office, but it just might lead him to make the biggest mistake of his career.