A Stranger Here Below: A Gideon Stoltz Mystery

For fans of C.J. Box's Joe Pickett series, a fabulous historical mystery series set in early America.


Set in 1835 in the Pennsylvania town of Adamant, Fergus’s first novel in a new mystery series introduces Sheriff Gideon Stoltz, who, as a young deputy, is thrust into his position by the death of the previous sheriff. Gideon faces his first real challenge as death rocks the small town again when the respected judge Hiram Biddle commits suicide. No one is more distraught than Gideon, whom th...