Description
The Perk by Mark Gimenez is a legal and crime novel about Beck Hardin, a successful Chicago trial lawyer whose life falls apart after his wife dies of breast cancer. Struggling to care for their two young children, Beck returns to his small hometown in the Texas Hill Country and reconnects with his estranged father, a former goat rancher turned winemaker.
After becoming the local judge, Beck takes on the cold case murder of his high-school friend’s teenage daughter, partly to repay an old debt. As he investigates, he discovers that life in a small town comes with its own complications, secrets and difficult choices.
A good choice for readers who enjoy legal and crime fiction, small-town mysteries, cold cases and stories that combine family relationships with an investigation.
