Tithes and Offerings is the third novel in the Detective Trudy Wagner series. The readers were first introduced to Trudy in Road Rage and then in the follow up novel, North of the Border. Various characters from each of the first two are also featured in the third. While the plots in each of the three novels stand alone, to understand the character development and their interaction, it is highly recommended that you read the first two. The setting for this series is Horry County, South Carolina, along the scenic Grand Strand.Trudy does her best to enjoy a life of normalcy after two high prog]file serial murder cases have shocked the resort community. Criminals never rest and the worst of the worst tend to land in her back yard. Prepare to meet Valdemar, the latest to invade the beach and challege those sworn to serve and protect. Questions persist. Can the crimefighters follow the letter of the law this time or will they be destined to color outside the lines yet one more time to apprehend those determined to do the dispicable? Murder and mayem never sleeps in the land of fun in the sun.