Cold Hearts and Gentle People Author:John R. Riggs When Garth Ryland, editor of the Oakalla Reporter, and honorary sheriff's deputy, finds home-bound, four-hundred-pound Monroe Edmonds trapped in his own elevator and dead of an apparent heart attack, Garth at first believes that Monroe is the victim of a robbery attempt gone awry. But in Oakalla, Wisconsin, nothing is ever as simple as it seems.... more » Garth peels away the layers of deceit unleashing the ghosts of the past, while the violence escalates, claiming ever more victims. He discovers that "cold hearts and gentle people often sleep in the same bed."« less