Ditchline Country

Daniel Wolcott spent his career reading what companies would rather nobody read. Now he has a homestead outside Linden Junction, Michigan, a small flock of sheep, and every intention of minding his own fences.

Then he hears how Ray Maserant died. The county says coyotes. Officially, that has happened only twice in North America, and nobody in Linden wants to talk about the third time.

The longer Daniel looks, the more the story bends toward the river: old drainage ditches, a water-control gate, and Harlan Riverworks. In a town where everyone shares the same water, the truth about Ray may be the one thing nobody can afford to name.

Ditchline Country is the first book in the series that shares its name: a slow-burn rural noir about land, water and responsibility beyond the fence line.