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It's a tranquil October morning in northwest lower Michigan, a rural paradise of cherry orchards, blue lakes, and sandy shorelines. The serenity of the day—and the season—is shattered when an elderly woman walking her dogs along the beach stumbles upon the bodies of a brutally murdered couple.
In bestselling author Aaron Stander's upcoming murder mystery Color Tour, Sheriff Ray Elkins returns from his debut in the bestselling Summer People to track down the elusive killer of a vivacious and spirited young teacher. His search takes him into the dark side of an elite private school -- and into his own long-forgotten past. As Elkins unravels the mystery, the hunter becomes the hunted and one intrigue leads to another in this page-turner scheduled for release July 1 by Writers & Editors.
New York Times bestseller Doug Stanton, author of In Harm's Way, calls the novel "elegant, artfully crafted" and a "thriller of the first order." "Stander's storytelling is enthralling," Stanton says. "Stander evokes these north woods and Lake Michigan with a poet's eye and the drama of the human heart with a detective's wry, unflinching touch."
Author Jack Driscoll (How Like an Angel) calls the mystery "masterful" and says that "to identify Color Tour as a page-turner is not only to acknowledge its compelling plot, but also its deep affection for character and place."
"Aaron Stander has written a mystery we can fall in love with while being wrung with suspense," says Anne-Marie Oomen, author of Pulling Down the Barn. "His characters are authentic. His setting—beautiful northern Michigan—is wrought with precision. And his plot? Well, to die for."
Aaron Stander lives in the woods of northern Michigan. He is the author of numerous stories, poems, and articles. Color Tour is a sequel to his bestselling first murder mystery, Summer People.
Color Tour, a 320-page softcover book ($15.95, ISBN 0-9785732-0-X, Writers & Editors) is scheduled for a July release.