Tradition of Deceit (A Chloe Ellefson Mystery)

Chloe Ellefson was not having a good time. "So," Roelke said, sliding into his seat at the banquet table. "Are you enjoying yourself?" Chloe smiled brightly. "I am!"
Thus begins the fifth story in the award-winning Chloe Ellefson series, the thirtieth book by bestselling author Kathleen Ernst.
The Chloe novels combine history and mystery with a little romance. They are written for adults and mature teens who enjoy reading stories without explicit sex, gratuitous violence, or gore.
This page offers a rich mix of background information about the people, places, and the past that went into making Tradition of Deceit.\nStory Description
The book takes place in Milwaukee, WI and Minneapolis, MN during February 1983, with historical threads set in 1878 and the 1920s.
Curator and occasional sleuth Chloe Ellefson is off to Minneapolis to help her friend Ariel with a monumental task. They must write a proposal for a controversial and expensive restoration project to convert a huge, abandoned flour mill—currently used as an unofficial shelter by homeless people—into a history museum.
When a dead body is found in the building, stuffed in a grain chute, Chloe reluctantly turns her attention from milling to murder.
Back in Milwaukee, Chloe's love interest Roelke McKenna has been slammed with the news that a fellow police officer (his best friend) has been shot and killed while on duty.
Sifting through clues from the past and present, Chloe and Roelke separately discover dangerous secrets that put their trust in each other—and their very lives—at risk.