A Murderous Innocence — Susan Oleksiw

Mellingham, Massachusetts, chief of police Joe Silva finds no evidence of foul play in the deaths of a young local man, who overdosed on drugs, and his friend Miles Stine, who died after a seemingly accidental fall from a third-floor window. In a small coastal town where generations of families go way back, a killer lurking among them is not something folks want to consider.

But Joe has his suspicions. Both victims were recovering addicts and members of a support group down at the community center, and both were trying to stay off drugs. Evidence points to increasing traffic of both illegal and prescription drugs through a town not ready to believe the worst. Silva knows that what killed these boys is clear--but why is another matter, one that leads to a dark underbelly in a picturesque community.