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Hard row, Margaret Maron

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Hard row

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Margaret Maron

Deborah Knott mysteries, Bk. 13

As Judge Deborah Knott presides over a case involving a brawl, it becomes clear that deep resentments over race, class, and illegal immigration are simmering just below the surface. Along with the seeds sprouting in the thawing soil, violence is growing as well. Mutilated body parts have appeared along the back roads, and the search for the victim's identity and for that of his killer will lead Deborah and her new husband into the realm of undocumented farm workers exploited for cheap labor