Death To The Dealers

DEATH TO THE DEALERS

Ninth in the Winnebago County Mystery Series

Christine Husom

The wRight Press

Smashwords Edition

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, locations and events are fictitious, or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to an event, locale or person, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

The wRight Press edition published November, 2021.

Cover photo by Ali Pazini

Cover design by Precision Prints, Buffalo, Minnesota.

The wRight Press

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Buffalo, Minnesota, 55313

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Dedication

To all the professionals who provide help and facilitate recovery for people with substance use disorders. Thank you. And to everyone who has been through treatment and recovery, congrats to you and your loved ones. This story follows a man whose deep grief sends him down a wrongful path to avenge his wife’s death instead of enlisting help from law enforcement.

Acknowledgments

I am grateful to everyone who helped bring this book to fruition. Many thanks to Chief Deputy Matthew Treichler for sharing his knowledge and professional expertise, and to Kelly Zitzloff, for sharing her firsthand, eye-opening experiences. They gave me perspectives that helped craft this tale. My humble thanks to my faithful beta/proofreaders and editors who gave their time, careful reading, and sound advice: Catherine Anderson, Arlene Asfeld, Judy Bergquist, Cathlene Buchholz, Barbara DeVries, Rhonda Gilliland, Ken Hausladen, Diane Hopkins, Elizabeth Husom, Chad Mead, Edie Peterson, and Timya Owen. And to DJ Schuette at Critical Eye Editing & Publishing for formatting the manuscript. Also, thank you to all the respected authors who read the manuscript and wrote a review. I greatly appreciate each one of you and your talents.

And again, with deep gratitude to my husband and the rest of my family for their patience and understanding when I was stowed away for hours on end, researching and writing. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart.