Jamie Harrisons first novel, The Edge of the Crazies, gained her many devoted readers and rave reviews. Now, in Going Local, her lively and hilarious case of characters from Blue Deer, Montana, is back featuring Jules Clement, the conscience and unlikely protector of the local populace. The novel begins as Blue Deer inhabitants are gearing up for the annual Fourth of July rodeo, with outoftowners descending upon the town in a kind of berserk westward ho. As Jules helps the hapless bar owners and other local merchants gear up for the onslaught, a shocking murder is discovered that of a wellknown environmental lawyer, who, while camping out with his younger lover, was run over by a truck and dumped into a lake, still wrapped in his tent. As Jules begins to investigate the murder, he uncovers a suspicious land development deal involving the dead lawyer and many others, including Hugh, a suave British director whos planning a movie that threatens to bring all of Blue Deer to a complete stop Slyvia, the lawyers ex, whos having an affair with Huge Everett, a local boy who left town and made good and Diane, a sexy blonde to whose dubious charms Jules succumbs Shes like a mob car you get in, and all the locks go down. As if the impending movie shoot isnt bad enough, the annual rodeo threatens to drive everyone in town batty. Tempers flare as outoftowners try to be cowboys, as true locals attempt ridiculous heroics, and multiple murders ignite the town in the midst of amorous...

Binding: Paperback;368 pages; Publisher: Counterpoint; Classification: FF; Weight: 492 g; Dimensions: 141 x 209 x 27

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