“Hachey manages to juggle several intriguing plot elements involving colorful characters... The rural setting adds charm to this agreeable mix of cozy and police procedural.”

— Barbara Bibel, Booklist, October 15, 2007

A year after assuming the duties of “interim Police Chief” for Higgins Point, semi-professional and fully resourceful lawman Dexter Loomis veers into another murder case when he determines that the car crash that took the life of an investigative reporter was no accident. Dexter swallows his manful pride and uses the case as an excuse to recruit the help of his old flame, DCI homicide investigator Ann Summer.

Together they tiptoe around a federal investigation into local Indian gaming while sorting through leads pointing to a New Jersey crime figure, a world famous artist, and a twenty-year-old unsolved homicide. After several victims drop dead, all by similar means, Dexter begins to question the integrity of the local cuisine and realizes that sometimes poison can be food for thought.

Michael Hachey was born in Superior, Wisconsin, and raised near Detroit, Michigan. For the last sixteen years, he has made his home in Hudson, Wisconsin, where he operates an engineering consulting business and sails on the St. Croix River with his wife, Kathie.

Means to an End is his second book for AVALON and is a sequel to A Matter of Motive which is also currently available.

Avalon Mysteries by Michael Hachey:
MEANS TO AN END
A MATTER OF MOTIVE