Derailed — Dave Jackson; Neta Jackson

DERAILED Forced to give up his hard-earned retirement, Harry Bentley goes back to work as a K-9 detective, receiving a bizarre undercover assignment that sends him across the country by train. Things suddenly go awry when it appears one of his new neighbors may be part of a smuggling ring, and suspicions rise about his own son's involvement in a major drug cartel. The second in the Windy City Neighbors series, Derailed is a contemporary, and often humorous, tale in an urban setting, featuring ordinary people wrestling with the spiritual and practical challenges of real life. Intersecting with Grounded (book one), the Jacksons employ the innovating storytelling technique of "parallel novels." Though each book follows its own drama and story arc, the characters' lives become intertwined and affect one another. Derailed transports you to Beecham Street-a typical, isolated American neighborhood . . . until hope moves in.