The Mountain Man's Badge - Paperback

by Gary Corbin (Author)

Mountain Man Lehigh Carter, drafted into serving as acting sheriff of Mt. Hood County after exposing his predecessor's corruption, is compelled to arrest his new father-in-law for the murder of Everett Downey, the most despised man in town. Still learning on the job, Lehigh continues to investigate loose ends that don't add up, but ambitious prosecutor Ray "The Reverend" Ferguson seems intent on blocking him at every turn. Soon, Lehigh suspects that those most intent on pinning the murder on George McBride have reasons far more sinister than blocking Lehigh's agenda of reform. Can Lehigh uncover the truth behind the crime without becoming the killer's next victim?

Author Biography

Gary Corbin spent too many years in college at Louisiana State and Indiana University, largely to escape the fate of having to become apart-time logger, farmer, and construction worker like so many members of his immense family. After growing up in a small town on the east coast, in a three-bedroom house shared with eight siblings, two strict parents and a dog, he escaped again to the Pacific Northwest, where he is once again surrounded by loggers, farmers, construction workers, and a dog. Rather than respond with murderous rages, he now escapes by writing murder mystery novels about families of loggers, farmers, and construction workers who have strict parents and...a dog. A homebrewer and coffee roaster, Gary loves to ski, cook, and watch his beloved Red Sox and Patriots. And when they lose, he escapes to the Oregon coast with his sweetheart.