Everybody's Fool

Everybody's Fool by Richard Russo, 477 pages.
Sully, Ruth, Rub Squeers, and Carl Roebuck all return from Russo's classic 1993 novel, Nobody's Fool. Doug Raymer is back as well. He had a brief role as the police officer with a grudge against Sully in the original. Now in addition to being a main character, he's chief of police and Sully is the least of his many worries. Raymer's wife died suddenly as she was leaving him. He found her note. right after finding her body. Her sudden death, and the as-yet unknown identity of the man she was leaving him for, haunt him.
Sully has problems of his own, he's having health problems, and his relationship with Ruth may be over. Run's psycho son-in-law has it in for Sully as well.
The book is a big comfortable reunion with wonderfully drawn characters. I don't know how it would read as a stand-alone but it is a great experience for anyone who liked the first one.