Blood In The Wheat (The Call - A Thriller Series Book 6)

One emergency call. A wounded stranger. A killer somewhere in the wheat.

The combine lights cut through the harvest dust when Idaho farmer Gordon Telford notices a pickup where no vehicle should be. He calls 911, expecting a stranded driver or a breakdown. Then a bleeding man staggers out of the wheat. Before Gordon can understand what happened, another figure moves through the stalks. A rifle shot shatters the night.

Sheriff Doug Smith arrives to a nightmare with no clear beginning: an injured man who is hiding something, an armed pursuer who knows the fields, and a trail that leads away from the combine to an equipment shed. There, a second victim turns a desperate rescue into a homicide investigation.

The dead man worked for Wade Fenner, a powerful agricultural operator whose business reaches across the Camas Prairie. Years earlier, Wade’s employee Daniel Vale died while inspecting a malfunctioning combine. The death was ruled an accident. Daniel’s older brother never believed it. Now grief, suspicion, and an old grievance have exploded into violence, and the people who know what happened are frightened to speak.

As Doug follows conflicting accounts, the investigation splits in two. One man has taken a rifle into the wheat. Another has spent years telling different versions of the same fatal day. A former office manager remembers ignored safety warnings. A daughter recalls seeing her father where he insists he never was. And the wounded survivor has a reason to fear the truth almost as much as the man hunting him.

On the isolated farm roads of Idaho County, distance is a weapon. Darkness hides movement. Familiar faces become impossible to trust. Every new statement narrows the gap between an old workplace death and the blood spilled during this year’s harvest. But when the investigation reaches the people closest to the truth, someone is willing to hurt them to keep the past buried.

WHY YOU’LL LOVE THIS BOOK

1. A heart-pounding 911 opening that plunges you straight into danger.
2. An atmospheric rural Idaho setting of wheat fields, dust, and lonely roads.
3. A sharp, methodical sheriff facing two threats that refuse to fit one theory.
4. A haunting cold case where every witness remembers a different truth.
5. Family loyalty, buried guilt, and choices with devastating consequences.
6. Short-fuse suspense, escalating danger, and a hard-earned resolution.

INSIDE THE SUSPENSE

1. A mysterious pickup at the edge of a working wheat field.

1. A wounded survivor whose account leaves out a crucial motive.

1. An innocent man caught between suspicion and violence.

1. A father’s dangerous lies and a daughter’s difficult decision.

1. An investigation that separates revenge from murder.

The deeper Doug digs, the more dangerous the silences become. An employee who followed orders is dead. A brother who wanted answers has become a threat. A woman who once managed the office knows exactly how much the owner has to lose. And a daughter must decide whether protecting her father means abandoning everything she knows is right. As the harvest continues around them, the sheriff has to protect the living while piecing together the choices that killed the dead.

BLOOD IN THE WHEAT is Book 6 of THE CALL, Trudy Myrland’s thriller series built around one promise: SOMEONE ANSWERS. For readers who crave small-town crime thrillers, police investigations, cold-case secrets, and high-stakes suspense grounded in ordinary lives, the next call is already coming in.

When the wheat starts moving, who will make it out alive?