Sunshine Vicram has been the sheriff in the small town of Del Sol, New Mexico for four months, ever since her parents put her on the ballot against the crooked incumbent and she won. Sunshine, in her early thirties, is still single, but has a teenaged daughter, Auri, who was conceived during a tumultuous time when Sunshine had been kidnapped long ago. Sunshine still can't remember the whole ordeal, but pieces periodically come back to her. Auri is a good kid whom everyone adores, but she does have a way of getting into trouble.
Sunshine's best friend, Quincy, is her deputy. The small staff of close-knit officers are trying to locate a group who stabbed a guy outside a bar owned by Levi, a guy from a local family filled with some seriously messed up individuals. However, everyone loves Levi, especially Sunshine, who can't seem to express herself to him, although she can bring herself to arrest him in an attempt to keep him safe after he is seriously injured and refuses to go to the hospital.
Problems in Del Sol pop up like a game of Whack-a-mole. Some old unsolved crimes add to the trickiness. Can some of these crimes be interconnected? And why do the townspeople line up to turn themselves in when crimes are committed? I was quite entertained, but also more than a bit worried a number of times.
This was book two in the series, but enough detail is supplied that the book works as a stand-alone.
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