James Arlen Anderson is the author of 20-plus nonfiction books for early readers, published as Jameson Anderson. A career journalist, James lives in suburban Minneapolis with his wife and dog.

Sheriff Darrell Halvorson is barely holding the rural town of Hayford, Minnesota, together when a registered sex offender moves into the trailer park. A community divided between born-and-raised locals and the migrant worker trailer park population now threatens to tear at the seams. As policing and personal tensions push Halvorson to the brink, a tornado tears through the trailer park with little warning. When the dust settles, two people are missing: 14-year-old Luciana Rodriquez, and her neighbor, Ray Albee, the sex offender. Thrust into a desperate search, Halvorson races against time and a swelling tide of fear and suspicion. Can he find Luciana before townspeople take matters into their own hands? The Storm Next Door is a gripping, slow-burn crime thriller that explores the boundaries of forgiveness, justice, and vengeance.

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