In Wild Thyme, Pennsylvania, summer has brought Officer Henry Farrell nothing but trouble; heroin has arrived, with a surge in burglaries and other crime. When local carpenter Kevin O'Keeffe admits that he shot a man and that his girlfriend, Penny, is missing, the search leads the small-town cop to an industrial vice district across state lines that has already ensnared more than one of his neighbors. In this sequel to the Edgar Award winner Dry Bones in the Valley, Farrell will need the patience of a hunter as he ventures into a world of shadow beyond the fields and forests of home.