TY - BOOK AU - Box, C. J., TI - The bitterroots: a novel T2 - A Cassie Dewell novel SN - 9781250051059 AV - PS3552.O87658 B47 2019 U1 - 813/.6 23 PY - 2019/// CY - New York : PB - Minotaur Books, KW - Dewell, Cassie KW - Policewomen KW - North Dakota KW - Fiction KW - Drug traffic KW - City and town life KW - Women private investigators KW - Montana KW - Assault and battery KW - Rape KW - Investigation KW - fast KW - Detective and mystery fiction KW - Thrillers (Fiction) KW - bisacsh KW - Suspense fiction N2 - "Former police officer Cassie Dewell is trying to start over with her own private investigation firm. Guilty about not seeing her son and exhausted by the nights on stakeout, Cassie is nonetheless managing...until an old friend calls in a favor: she wants Cassie to help exonerate a man accused of assaulting a young girl from an influential family. Against her own better judgment, Cassie agrees. But out in the Big Sky Country of Montana, twisted family loyalty runs as deep as the ties to the land, and there's always something more to the story. As Cassie attempts to uncover the truth, she must fight against the ghosts of her own past that threaten to pull her back under."-- ER -