Death on the Prairie — Richard Mueller

DEATH ON THE PRAIRIE is a modern mystery set in Iowa. Glen Gleason, lapsed screenwriter, has come back to his college town to retire. But when the locals find out that he wrote police procedurals for television, they decide to run him for county sheriff, whether he likes it or not, against the brutal deputy Bill Drazell, who may have murdered his predecessor.

DEATH ON THE PRAIRIE is the first Glen Gleason mystery, soon to be followed by FALLING TO IOWA, and THE DARK OF WINTER..