Condemned to Freedom

the long version

"What's worse than a school where children aren't safe? A school where no one is safe. Few know about--much less acknowledge--the extortion, the drugs, even the sexual assaults at Freedom Consolidated High School, but now that local legend and district CEO Big Bob Samson has been murdered, demands for swift justice echo across the Pennsylvania Dutch heartland. Answering the call is Chief Harley Snitz, who has to sort through a set of unusual suspects, armed with little evidence and even less experience in homicide cases. Rushing to his aid is Snitz's sergeant, the impulsive Ed Knepp, and Nick Neidrich, a rising star in the elite Pennsylvania State Police, a star cast in eclipse by the tragic death of his wife."--Publisher's description.