Switch Back #1 Sheriff Jack Stanley Series Switchbacks are plentiful along Appalachian mountain roads. When the clues to a murder also twist and turn, unraveling the mystery becomes difficult for the local sheriff, the FBI, and Homeland Security. A returning soldier weaves a web of confusion on his way to creating a national emergency. Follow Sheriff Jack Stanley as he uncovers and tracks the clues. Dixon County is a composite locale in Middle Appalachia. If you have ever lived where four distinct seasons are the norm, you already understand what this series uses as bait for returning readers; a sense of time and community, native intelligence, nature, and simple famliy pleasures. This first book in the Sheriff Jack Stanley Crooked Roads Series introduces you to a great rotating cast and beautiful descriptions of mountain living and lore. The second book is available now (Ginseng War) and the third will be published in January, 2013.