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Bygones: A Vasily Korsokovach Mystery

A featured selection at the 2023 Tucson Festival of BooksThey say the second time is the charm.Then again, maybe they don’t, but after a rocky summer in Maine, Vasily Korsokovach certainlyhopesit’s true as he returns to more comfortable territory to resume the life he didn’t know he’d missed in his native Southern California. With a second chance at his law enforcement career and the welcome but unexpected support of a new significant other, Vas thinks he’s finally found the fresh start that faltered so badly months earlier.Balancing personal healing with his professional duties grows rather complicated after a freak rainstorm delivers the body of the head gymnastics coach from Cal State Irvine into a Rancho Linda reservoir. Wrapped in a tumbling mat bearing the school’s logo is about the only lead Vasily has, but his habit of following any thread – no matter how thin – reveal secrets well buried from a decade earlier, and a carefully choreographed conspiracy tokeepthem buried, no matter the cost.Secrets that only another fellow Olympian might understand.Secrets that reveal some are loathe to let bygones be bygones.Read more

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