Bear Bones: Murder at Sleeping Bear Dunes (Burr Lafayette Mystery Book 3)

Helen Lockwood's boat was found drifting off Sleeping Bear Dunes with no one aboard. A year later, her body was discovered in a shallow grave on South Manitou Island. She had been in court fighting the Park Service, which had condemned her family's four-hundred-acre orchard to make it part of the new Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Her lawyer, Burr Lafayette, had delayed the Park Service for seven years until Helen disappeared. After her body is found, Helen's husband Tommy is arrested for her murder. He had been attempting to sell the orchards to the Park Service since Helen went missing. Burr Lafayette, recently divorced and no longer head of a major Detroit law firm, finds himself defending Tommy—despite not being a criminal lawyer. Burr is a litigator who prefers sailboats and dogs to courtrooms. The prosecutor has strong evidence against Tommy, but Helen had many enemies. Burr believes a clue hidden in the dunes holds the key to uncovering the truth. Bear Bones is the third book in the Burr Lafayette mystery series.