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Retired lawyer and township supervisor Will Patterson helps the county sheriff solve a murder mystery in a place where murders just don't happen. A Murder in God's Country is a cozy mystery set in the scenic woods of Northern Michigan. When a local hunter is found dead under suspicious circumstances, retired lawyer Will Patterson and county sheriff Mark Barnett team up to investigate. As they unravel a web of secrets in their quiet community, the case proves more complex-and dangerous-than it first appeared. With warmth, wit, and a strong sense of place, this charming mystery celebrates friendship, justice, and small-town life.

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""Dick Figura knows the law and knows his countryside. With exacting detail, the reader is led through a frustrating search by Sheriff Mark Barnett and his helper Will Patterson, for a killer in the woods outside the small towns surrounding Traverse City, Michigan. It's a good story, well plotted. Anyone could have murdered the very much disliked Harry Miller! The characters slowly expose backstories that could incriminate any of them. I congratulate Dick Figura on his skill in making a story I looked forward to returning to."" -Fleda Brown, author of The End of the Clockwork Universe ""Figura has written a classic murder mystery: a homicide that shocks some and delights other members of an otherwise peaceful community; multiple suspects whose defenses will keep you guessing; two sleuths whose investigations are rife with finger-pointing and dubious claims of innocence; and an ending that will elicit either 'I knew it!' or 'I'm surprised!'"" -Richard VanDeWeghe, emeritus professor of English; author of the historical fiction Traverse City State Hospital Series

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R. J. Figura was born in 1943. He is a retired lawyer who spent more than fifty years representing local government units such as cities, villages, townships, and counties, many in Leelanau and Benzie County, Michigan. He practiced municipal law in Flint, Michigan, from 1969 to 1998, and in Empire, Michigan, from 1998 until his retirement in 2023.His retirement has permitted him to spend much of his time writing personal essays and fiction. Having ""cut his teeth"" reading all of Agatha Christie's mysteries, he reads and now writes cozy mysteries.He and his wife, Ellen, celebrated their fifty-sixth wedding anniversary in December 2025. They live in the Cordia Retirement Club in Traverse City, Michigan, a place which he describes as being like residing in a five-star hotel with a Road Scholar program. He and Ellen have four children and three grandchildren.

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