BOOK CLUB QUESTIONS
1 Thomas, like Josef seemed to enjoy the power that being sheriff afforded him. Was Thomas driven by greed like Josef or was he motivated by something else?
2 Thomas seemed to be an educated man. Whereas Josef didn’t even know how to read (i.e. less educated). Did this matter to Josef or to Thomas?
3 Why did Elizabeth want Josef to move to her aunt’s house?
4 Did Elizabeth think that Josef had murdered her best friend?
5 Was Thomas a good person who was dealt a bad hand in life?
6 If things had turned out different for Margaret, would Thomas have become a good and positive sheriff? Or was darkness in his soul all along?
7 Tom grew up with some good and some bad role models. Can he be a good sheriff?
8 Alexander seemed to be having troubles at home. Were his intentions pure with respect to Margaret?
9 Was Alexander a murderer?
10 Elizabeth was very observant and quite involved in the happenings of the town. Does she plan to write more books with this information?
11 Should Alexander have gone to "retrieve" his son? Why or why not?
12 The author believes in happy endings. Now is there such a thing as:
“And they all lived happily ever after?”