Broken Rosary

A county prosecutor is found dead in his study, a broken rosary clutched in one hand, a .32 caliber pistol inches from the other. The official verdict says suicide. But someone in this small town knows the truth is a lie. Enter two sharp-eyed reporters willing to dig where others won't look. As they peel back the layers of respectability hiding the prosecutor's secrets, they discover that the man who upholds the law may have been broken by the very crimes he pretended not to see. Love and danger intertwine as the investigation draws them closer to a solution no one wants to believe. Broken Rosary is a propulsive Cold War-era mystery that understands how small towns keep their darkest truths. Johnson's prose moves with the quick precision of a breaking news story, and her solution to the crime is as surprising as it is inevitable. For readers who want their mysteries served cold, with a side of romance and a diagnosis of institutional corruption decades ahead of its time.