Frozen Harvest, Paperback

Joel Vick, a Minneapolis detective, down on his luck, receives an opportunity in the form of a mysterious letter delivered to his office. The letter alludes to a 90-year-old missing person case that took place in the small northern Minnesota town of Seven Lakes. Joel, as a child, had spent numerous summers in Seven Lakes vacationing with his family. With a downturn in requests for his services locally, and his natural curiosity aroused, Vick drives up to have a look at the town he hadn't visited in over 40 years. Initially frustrated that he had wasted his time after visiting the person who wrote the letter, Vick discovers something unusual that changes his mind about leaving. Vick, digging further into the case, determines that the investigation performed at the time of her disappearance to be entirely inadequate. Using his investigative skills, Vick stitches together a story of a beautiful young woman who is looking for a new start, but unable to escape her past. The story set against the backdrop of severe winter snowstorms, extreme cold, and a robust ice harvesting industry that flourished in the decades before refrigeration rendered it obsolete.

About author(s):Joseph Benedict, born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is currently the VP of digital marketing for a hospitality company based in Columbia, SC. Benedict, an advocate of inbound marketing, believes storytelling a useful tool for company branding. In his marketing role, Benedict has written hundreds of blogs, developed ad copy, worked as a ghostwriter, and created website content for the past ten years. In addition to his commercial writing career, Benedict actively maintains a personal blog where he publishes short fiction and nonfiction writing based on his experiences. Benedict resides in Camden, South Carolina.