STRONG CONVICTION
By Trevor Scott

Trent Strong is back home in his northern Minnesota lake community after spending ten years working on a Chicago daily newspaper as an investigative journalist covering heinous crimes and traveling to war-torn countries. Sick of all the deaths, and content with returning to a slower pace, Trent buys the local weekly newspaper. But Trent is in town for only one week when an old friend asks him to investigate the Mammoth Paper Mill, which he suspects is polluting a small trout stream beyond EPA standards. Since the mill employs over half the town, the friend hasn't made many friends with his claim. The next day, a woman is found stabbed to death in a lakeshore motel. For personal reasons, Trent is compelled to investigate her death, as well as the paper mill. Are the two related? As Trent investigates, he runs across many people from his past. Some are potential suspects, and others make him question if his move back home was the right one. He starts a relationship with the motel manager, but even wonders if she is somehow involved with the murder. Trent must investigate around a small town sheriff and county attorney running for re-election, out-of-state thugs who want to shut him up, and an entire town that would like the whole thing to go away. What he finds will change his life forever...

Trevor Scott is the author of the international thrillers, FATAL NETWORK, EXTREME FACTION, THE DOLOMITE SOLUTION, and HYPERSHOT. He was a weapons expert working the flight deck of aircraft carriers in the Navy, and was a captain in the Air Force, where he was stationed in Germany for three years in a tactical missile unit. He holds a bachelor’s in English from the University of Minnesota, and a master’s in creative writing from Northern Michigan University. He currently resides in Oregon with his wife and two sons.

“Writer Scott captures the feel of a small Minnesota town with the skill of someone who has lived in such a setting. Strong Conviction is filled with scents, sights, and sounds to tantalize the reader, making the town itself one of the leading actors. The characters leap from the page as the reader devours each page. In Strong Conviction author Scott has produced a first class shocker fully developed with crystalline and lively dialogue, adroit pacing, and commanding characters who find themselves enmeshed in extraordinary and often deadly circumstances, with the right mix of potent romantic interest. The reader is snared from the opening paragraph and held tight to the last sentence. Watch for twists, turns and red herrings. Good book for a lazy weekend.”—Scribesworld

“Strong Conviction is a good crime story with interesting characters and solid writing. Trevor Scott weaves a web of small-town controversy that entraps our hero...with vivid description he paints characters who breathe and sets up believable conflict.”—Pine Bluff (Arkansas) Commercial

“Investigative reporter Trent Strong takes over the weekly newspaper in his northern Minnesota hometown after escaping a dangerous situation in Chicago. In short order, however, he encounters trouble again: someone murders Trent’s former high school love…and someone incinerates another long-time friend. Since suspicion seems to fall on Trent, he investigates.”—Library Journal

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