Sledge: Calm before the storm
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Last published Thu, Jul 20, 2023
In Burnbridge County life is very simple, three generation farms border the small town of Rollins. Beneath the stillness of country life there is a darkness slowly rising. When a Court Clerk is brutally murdered in her home, Investigator Jason Sledge is asked to lead the investigation into her death. What he finds may bring about the most disturbing and life altering events the county has ever seen.
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