Books in the A Will Rees Mystery series

A slaveholder from Virginia is found dead in Maine shortly after Will Rees helps escort a slave and her child to safety. Was he searching for the slave? The slaveholder's sister arrives demanding justice, but Rees is torn. Should he help find the killer of the notoriously cruel man or let them go free?

Will Rees and his wife Lydia agree to accompany an old friend previously abducted by slave catchers to the Great Dismal Swamp. However, shortly after arriving in the community one of their number is killed. Will finds himself asked to solve the murder ... which proves tricky when no one there trusts him, and slave catchers are prowling.