Maricel Salizar, is a young Filipino exchange student staying with a family, but several months after arriving in Montana she is killed. It is up to Seagate and Miner to determine the guilty party from a few suspects ( )

19 of 75 for 2015. Set in the central Montana city of Rawlings (no such place, in case you didn't know), this mystery sets Detectives Seagate and Miner on a quest to find out just what happened to Philippine exchange student Maricel Salazar. In the process we learn a bit about police departments, academia, the Mormon church, and abusive boyfriends. With no lack of possible suspects, and yet no clear leads either, Seagate and Miner face a Mormon bishop who is also acting Provost at Central Montana University (again, no such place), a sleazy lawyer in service to the local latino crime gang, an honor student with a mysterious scar on her face, and their own chief. Lots of twists and turns, and more than a few gotcha moments, The Broken Saint is a fast paced, enjoyable mystery. And of course I kept trying to figure out just which Montana city was the setting.