Dead Canaries : Trellis Publishing : 9798224385676 : 16 Jul 2021 : The townsfolk had made the mistake of having faith in the Adamson name. After all, James had been a solid man's man who took little guff from anyone. Crime had never been much of a problem in Paradise, Rhode Island and James had been largely credited through his thirty-year career. It stood to reason that Scott would be just as adept at running the show as his father. The election had gone uncontested and without Scott realizing what was happening, he found himself stepping into his father's huge shoes. It did not take long for the locals to realize that they had made a mistake in entrusting their safety with Scott. He was nothing like his father, no matter how much he tried to follow on James' path. Now rookie Sheriff Scott finds himself being bullied by local toughs and on the cusp of a mystery...People in the town are going missing and upon further investigation he realizes that they all have one thing in common...