Darkest Before The Dawn by Mike Martin

Sgt. Windflower is happily married, they have a new baby and he has his collie.  All is good in his personal world.  So why can't his work life settle down?

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There's not much crime in the town he lives in and he likes it that way.  Then they find a dead body.  As if that weren't bad enough, another dead body shows up.  They have no clue why these people were killed and they are relative strangers to the town folk.  As they dig through the clues, look up backgrounds and search for answers, they find out the first body they found was a druggie who ran scams.  That gives them a reason for why but not a who did it.

They keep digging and they get closer to the answer all the time.  When they find a man who will talk for a deal, they know they have a case.  But they just think they do...

The crimes aren't very pleasant but Windflower's home life with family and animals is quite enjoyable.  This was a good read.  I'd enjoy reading more in this series.