The Old Blue Line: A Joanna Brady Novella

Butch Dixon has been taken for a ride amp;#8230;

Not a jump in the car, see the sights kind of ride. Heamp;#39;s been taken for everything he has. Heamp;#39;s lost his house, his restaurant business, his savings, his car, his best friend, his faithamp;#8212;all to his conniving ex-wife. But that was seven years ago. He picked himself up, left Chicago, and started over in Peoria, Arizona, running the Roundhouse Bar and Grill. He doesnamp;#39;t look back on those bad years; thereamp;#39;s no point. Not until two curious cops show up at the Roundhouse.

Faith, Butchamp;#39;s ex-wife, has been murdered, and the evidence points to him. Stunned, Butch quickly realizes that the black-hearted woman is going to ruin him again, from her grave. Lucky for Butch, the Old Blue Line, a group of retiredamp;#8212;but still sharp and tenaciousamp;#8212;former legal and law enforcement coots, have taken it upon themselves, as a favor, to make sure he doesnamp;#39;t cross that thin line. After the dust settles, Butchamp;#39;s life is again upendedamp;#8212;when a little red-haired ball of fire, Sheriff Joanna Brady, takes a seat at his bar.