Award winning author, Durwood Smith creates another fast-paced detective romance novel guaranteed to keep you turning pages as Jack Sinclair becomes Chief of Police in small-town America, circa 1939-40. The characters in The Hawk of Thorn Hollow dish out hate, deception, political backstabbing, robbery, death, escape, and humor. In the pursuit of justice and romance, the road never seems to be straight. Follow the Chief as he strategizes to catch and convict escapee, convict, wood-be murderer and thief, Burt Bukowski. Weak-willed Glenda , gun in hand, wrestles with her conscience. Of course, the good-looking and sometimes clueless chief is beset with two women who want to help him solve crime and their own loneliness. Visiting Thorn Hollow he comes face to face with the mysterious hawk and forges a turning point in his spiritual life aided by Father Burgoine. Will the chief catch Bert? Will he fall in love? Will he survive the city editor? Is a much needed fishing trip just what the doctor ordered? In The Hawk of Thorn Hollow "Keep your eyes and ears open" says the chief to his officers. It's good counsel for readers, ages 16-100.