The Director — Alan Brown

Booger is back! The intrepid Ozarks detective Booger McClain gets more than he bargains for when a funeral director from Reeds Spring, Missouri, wants him to help prove a friend's husband is cheating on her. Ignoring his instincts, Booger agrees to take the case for his love-struck client. Soon, however, a jealous husband commits murder, which sheds light on the motivations of the town's young funeral director. With the help of his street-smart-and-sassy wife, Rose, the Springfield detective discovers nothing is quite what it seems in this tiny Ozarks' hamlet when his old foes, The Order, move to take advantage of the funeral director's predicament.This novel, the 8th in the Booger McClain detective series, explores just how blind love can be when obsession takes root. It appears, when it comes to matters of the heart, people see what they want to see. Such blind spots, however, won't change the harsh realities lovers face when the fog lifts and passions die down. Booger McClain only hopes he can live long enough to show dismissive authorities the truth.