Residue

A longtime Wisconsin sheriff faces his first-ever homicide: "e;[Fuses] murder and mortuary science in a novel of the humorously macabre"e; (Derek Davis, author of Gifts of a Dead Man). In the nearly twenty years that Leonard Koznowski has been sheriff of Beaver Rapids, Wisconsin, he's never encountered a homicide. When the local mortician and his assistant are brutally gunned down, Leonard is thrust into a tumultuous investigation linking religion, high school athletics, the black market of body parts, unwholesome sexual proclivities, and a sinister secret society. And with deer season fast approaching, the timing could've been a hell of a lot better. Inspired by actual events, Jim Knipfel gives a hilariously dark, satirical twist to the American pastoral. "e;In Sheriff Koznowski, Knipfel creates a straightforward man of the law with more smarts than he can admit to, while surrounded by deputies incapable of the simplest of procedures-like thinking. You'll find yourself saying 'yah' and 'okeydokey' for at least a week after you've finished tearing through this delightful, engaging paean to the rural absurd."e; -Derek Davis, author of Gifts of a Dead Man "e;A gifted stylist."e; The New York Times Book Review