The Treacherous Teddy — John J. Lamb

San Francisco cop Brad Lyon has retired from the force and is loving his new life in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, with his wife, Ashleigh, collecting and creating adorable teddy bears, and even sometimes encountering real ones...

While Brad pieces together his latest "Claw and Order" bear for a local teddy bear show, his wife, Ash -- now a part-time sheriff's deputy -- finds a local farmer done in by an arrow through his heart. Ash's investigative skills may be razor sharp, but this case has stumped them both. Was it a hunting accident -- or was the farmer being hunted?

Now Brad and Ash must assemble the clues to his death, while organizing their first teddy bear jubilee in town. And with the suspect list growing, they'll have to work fast to root out a killer before more innocents become endangered...