"Readers who care more about intelligent depictions of passionate emotions than the details of police work will be most satisfied."
—Publishers Weekly

November | 240 pages
Hardcover/$24.95/978-1-60648-006-9
Paperback/$14.95/978-1-60648-007-6
Evidence Collection/$45.00/978-1-60648-008-3

Point No Point summary

The seventh book in the Claire Watkins mystery series. Deputy Sheriff Claire Watkins is faced with a difficult case when a friend of the family is suspected of killing his wife. Her investigation puts a great stress on her relationship with her husband. Things are further strained when the suspect attempts suicide, solidifying his guilt in Claire’s mind. But what if she’s wrong?

Praise for Point No Point

"In Logue's disturbing seventh mystery to feature Wisconsin deputy sheriff Claire Watkins (after 2007's Maiden Rock), Claire's live-in boyfriend, Rich Haggard, gets a frantic, middle-of-the-night call from an old friend, Chet Baldwin. Rich rushes to Chet's house to find Chet lying in bed next to the body of his wife, Anne, who's been shot in the forehead. When Claire arrives at the scene soon after, Chet gets up and drops the handgun he's been cradling. Rich resents the strictly official posture Claire adopts, and their relationship deteriorates further after Claire conceals the fact that Chet attempts suicide while in her custody. Meanwhile, Claire's protégé on the force, Amy Schroeder, looks into the murder of a stranger found floating in the Mississippi River, a case that, predictably, ends up connected with the Baldwin case. Readers who care more about intelligent depictions of passionate emotions than the details of police work will be most satisfied."
—Publishers Weekly

"Deputy Sheriff Claire Watkins has her hands full in her seventh outing. It is a long, hot summer in Pepin County, Wisconsin. The bloated body of an unidentified male turns up floating in Lake Pepin with only a tattoo for identification. Later that day, Claire receives an urgent call to go to the home of her friend Chet. She finds him sobbing at the bedside of his wife, Anne, who has been shot to death. Is it murder or suicide? As Claire investigates, she finds links between the two cases. Her work puts a strain on her relationship with her boyfriend, Rich, who happens to be Chet’s best friend. Claire’s daughter, Meg, adds a bit of stress as she and her boyfriend discover the joys and pitfalls of ripening sexuality. Logue has written an engrossing story that explores the complexity of human relationships."
—Booklist

"Just as Deputy Sheriff Claire Watkins (Maiden Rock) marshals her team to investigate the death of a naked man found in Lake Pepin, she is asked to probe a friend's murder. In her seventh series entry, Logue writes beautifully about rural Minnesota life while telling a good mystery. For fans of J.A. Jance and Margaret Maron."
—Library Journal

Mary Logue is an award-winning poet and mystery writer. She was born and raised in Minnesota. Her most recent books are Snatched, a middle-grade mystery she wrote with Pete Hautman; Poison Heart, her seventh crime novel; and Meticulous Attachment, her third book of poems. Meticulous Attachment was awarded honorable mention by the Midwest Booksellers Association in 2006 and Dark Coulee won a Minnesota Book Award in 2000. She has also published a young adult novel, Dancing with an Alien, with Harper Collins. Her non-fiction books include a biography of her grandmother, Halfway Home, and a book on Minnesota courthouses, both published  by the Minnesota Historial Society Press. She has been an editor at The Village Voice, Simon & Schuster, Graywolf Press, Mid-List Press, and The Creative Company. She has taught for many years at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis and at Hamline University in St. Paul. She lives with writer Pete Hautman in Minnesota and Wisconsin.