Silent Gavel, Paperback

For Lauren Besoner, Crawford finally felt like home. Not a very exciting place to some, but she liked the small town, and it felt good to be back in her home state of Wyoming.

Content with working as a court stenographer, reporting and watching others' lives play out in the courtroom, it only took one moment for her comfortable life to go from predictable and routine to anything but. That moment is when she discovers her boss's dead body.

Things immediately turn from bad to worse when Lauren becomes the main suspect. Now she must persuade Detective Overstreet that he has his sights on the wrong person or risk being arrested.

The threat of being thrown in jail is only one of Lauren's worries. Her job will soon be in jeopardy when the search begins for a new judge. It may even mean having to leave Crawford for good.

As Lauren investigates and uncovers enemies the judge made, both old and new, the killer is deciding whether one more person needs to be silenced.