Crooked Edges

Crooked Edges captures the bleak, small-town isolation and personal stakes of Wind River, layered with the high-stakes, lawman-versus-outlaw dynamics of Justified. The story’s rural noir tone, combined with the protagonist’s rogue sense of justice, feels like a collision of icy procedural and western-styled grit. When U.S. Marshal Mason Baxter is summoned to his Wisconsin hometown to bury his estranged daughter, Katie, he discovers her death wasn’t just a tragic accident—it’s a riddle soaked in meth, betrayal, and buried secrets. Tasked with grieving, Mason instead finds himself unraveling the crooked edges of Katie’s life, uncovering a world he never suspected she was part of. Against orders, Mason dives into a maze of local corruption, biker gangs, and drug deals gone bad, uncovering pieces of a conspiracy that someone is desperate to keep hidden. Katie’s hidden stash of drugs and cash raises unsettling questions, and Mason’s relentless pursuit pits him against his old friends, family, and even his own agency. As the lines blur between justice and revenge, Mason must navigate a town eager to protect its secrets while grappling with the guilt of being an absentee father. Each step brings him closer to the truth, but also closer to danger—because in a town like Sturgeon Bay, some puzzles are meant to stay unsolved. Crooked Edges is a gritty crime thriller exploring the costs of redemption and the lengths a father will go to uncover the truth, even when it threatens to destroy what little he has left.