Countdown by Frederick Ramsay
Following Frederick Ramsay's death in 2017, Dana Stabenow polished the manuscript for his last mystery, Countdown . It's eight years after Jesse Sutherlin's return from the First World War, the story told in Copper Kettle. Jesse is married, with a family, working at the local sawmill. He doesn't expect another mystery in his life. Jesse and Serena have been married for eight years. As much as Jesse loved Buffalo Mountain, Serena wanted the family moved into Floyd where the four kids could go to school for twelve years. She wanted "no more bumpkins in the family." Jesse may be the head of the household, but he knows how shrewd Serena is. Together, the two will deal with the latest family situation. David Privette, the new sheriff, tells them he's found the body of Jesse's father. Jesse doesn't believe him because in 1918, a stranger told them his father died of the Spanish flu in Norfolk, Virginia. But, the body was found in a local icehouse, and h...