Deadly Politics

A bomb, a bullet, and three abandoned children. Thanksgiving in River Bend has never been colder.
October ends with a fine River Bend Halloween, but by Thanksgiving the town has turned as bitter as the weather. A detective is shot. Three small children are found abandoned. And a county commissioner dies in a car bombing—with Lynn there to see it. While Dusty hunts the bomber and shields the children from the traffickers who used them, Detective Teniquia LaMont struggles with what the bullet has taken from her: the chance to have children of her own. Lynn is haunted by flashbacks and nightmares. And Polly Carmichael, a teenager, is suddenly an orphan—her mother killed in the blast. Through the grief and the danger, Lynn and her friends set out to give these children what they have lost: a family, and a home.

Renee Kumor has lived in North Carolina for almost forty years. The setting for the River Bend Chronicles series reflects her early life in Ohio and her later years in western North Carolina. She began writing a political opinion column for the local newspaper, but retired from writing when she announced her candidacy for local political office. After eight years as a county commissioner, she returned to non-profit service and began writing a monthly column for the newspaper on non-profit board service and management issues.