A Tin Full of Gold by L. C. Allen

Forcibly retired and disgraced ex-chief of police, Al Snodgrass is dragged to the murder scene of a beautiful, young woman to aid a rookie patrol cop over his head and overwhelmed at the scene. As the investigation proceeds, it becomes obvious that all is not above board in Al’s old department. Motivations beyond solving the murder seem to be driving the new chief and her equally new head of detectives. Al begins his own investigation where he stumbles upon a connection of this murder to the death of an old friend and coworker three years ago. The deeper he digs, the more mayhem ensues. He takes a bullet in a botched attempt to ensnare the perpetrator. Can Al keep himself alive and functional as he peels away the layers of ambition, lust and greed to get to the kernel of truth well hidden in his sleepy little town of Granite Cove, Massachusetts?