Working Class Hero (Hart's Ridge)

Because in Hart’s Ridge, justice is personal.A house fire in Hart's Ridge leaves a young pregnant woman dead. At first, the tragedy seems straightforward. The fire was intentional. The victim appears to have taken her own life. Case closed.But Sheriff Taylor Gray isn't convinced.As questions begin to surface about Julie Carter's secret relationship with one of the town's most respected public servants, whispers spread through Hart's Ridge. Why was the relationship hidden? What was Julie planning before she died? And why does every new answer seem to point toward a man with far more to lose than anyone realized?Determined to uncover the truth, Taylor follows a trail of rumors, half-truths, and carefully guarded secrets that forces her to confront something far more dangerous than a killer: her own assumptions.Meanwhile, Tula Rose is facing challenges of her own as she works to build a future from the wreckage of her family's past. When an unexpected responsibility lands in her lap, she'll have to decide whether healing is something a person earns—or something they choose.Inspired by real-life headlines and set against the backdrop of small-town Georgia, WORKING CLASS HERO is a gripping Hart's Ridge mystery about image and reality, public heroes and private failures, and the fine line between seeking justice and seeing only what we expect to find.Because sometimes the truth isn't hidden. Sometimes it's buried beneath the story we tell ourselves.