Redemption — Kate Flora

In the third book in this star-reviewed Portland, Maine-based police procedural series, Det. Joe Burgess's hopes for a more normal life slam up against the ugly reality of his job. On his way to a Columbus Day picnic with the foster children his girlfriend, Chris, hopes to adopt, Burgess is flagged down by two boys fishing off a pier who think they've spotted a body in the water. Picnic canceled, Burgess spends a gorgeous fall day supervising the retrieval of the body, only to find, during the ME's preliminary exam, that he is looking at someone he knows--Burgess must find out the who, and why, of his lost friend's death, an investigation that will undoubtedly keep readers hooked until the very end.