Dead and gone
(Book)

"It's just another day in Paradise, if Paradise was in Detroit. In the quaint, coastal town of Port St. Joe, Fl, Sheriff Evan Caldwell had been called out to the fancy new development to appease its influential owner and look into his missing shrubbery. He did not go out there to work a homicide, but since the old man in the pajamas probably didn't bury himself, a homicide investigation is pretty much mandatory. Finding out h ow and when the man died, and who killed and/or buried him, would be a alot easier if the Gulf County Medical Examiner hadn't gone missing, and easier still if he hadn't subsequently had the temerity to turn up dead. Now Evan and his deputies have two deaths on their hands, and Evan's life is further complicated by a county commissioner who thinks he knows something about law enforcement, a bright but morally ambiguous defense attorney trying to make a name for herself by ruining Evan, and a cat who seems unwilling to make himself more likable."--Page 4 of cover