Follow me down : an Orwell Brennan mystery

Orwell Brennan, Dockerty's chief of police, is partial to classic Motown, autumn sunrises, and most kinds of pie. He dislikes ceremony, squabbling with the Mayor, and being told to stay clear of matters that don't concern him. A man found in a tree shot dead by an arrow is in the jurisdiction of Metro Homicide. Brennan would be happy to mind his own business — if only the pat solution he had been handed made sense. But there are far too many unanswered questions for the Chief to care whose toes get stepped on as he uncovers what really happened. The forests around Dockerty hide many secrets. Some were never meant to be unearthed; one is still waiting to be buried. The forests around Dockerty, Newry County, hide many secrets. Some were never meant to be unearthed, one is still waiting to be buried. At the edge of the woods near the Warren farm, a man hangs in a tree. Two arrows pin him to the trunk. "Hunting accident'" Orwell wondered. The sergeant shook his head. "One in the belly, maybe. Two in the belly, that's pretty good shooting." Orwell Brennan, Dockerty's chief of police, is partial to classic Motown, autumn sunrises, and most kinds of pie. He dislikes ceremony, squabbling with the Mayor, and being told to stay clear of matters that don't concern him. It doesn't matter if it's murder or a hunting accident, the dead man in the tree is the responsibility of Metro Homicide. Orwell has been ordered off the case. He would be happy to do just that if the pat solution he's been handed made sense. But there are far too many unanswered questions to suit him. No matter whose toes get stepped on, he can't and won't let it go until he knows what really happened Orwell Brennan, Dockerty's chief of police, is partial to classic Motown, autumn sunrises and most kinds of pie. He dislikes ceremony, squabbling with the Mayor, and being told to stay clear of matters that don't concern him. It doesn't matter if its murder or a hunting accident, the dead man in the tree is the responsibility of Metro Homicide.--From back cover. Orwell Brennan, Chief Of Police In Dockerty, Newry County, Can't Resist Digging Into The Death Of A Man Found In A Tree With Two Arrows In His Stomach. Marc Strange. An Orwell Brennan Mystery.