Mining for Justice (Chloe Ellefson Mystery #8) by Kathleen Ernst

Curator Chloe Ellefson is excited to be learning about Wisconsin's early immigrants and mining while on temporary assignment. But when her boyfriend, police officer Roelke McKenna, discovers long-buried human remains in the root cellar of an old cottage, Chloe reluctantly agrees to mine the historical records for answers. Soon she finds herself in the center of a heated and deadly controversy. Softcover.

The Chloe Ellefson series combines history and mystery with a little bit of romance! For adults and mature teens, these traditional mysteries feature the reluctant sleuth Chloe and her boyfriend Roelke McKenna. She's a curator at the museum Old World Wisconsin; he's a cop in the nearby village of Eagle. This award-winning series often includes historical threads connected to historic sites.

Kathleen Ernst is an award-winning author and former Old World Wisconsin curator. Her fourth book in this series was set at Vesterheim!