Hid From Our Eyes by Julia Spenser Fleming

There are three similar murders of three young women in a party dress found on the same stretch of remote highway roughly twenty years apart and no actual cause of death or credible suspects. This small town's police must try to piece together the murders even as the current Chief was once considered a suspect in the second murder and some might still assign guilt. Finding one killer for all three crimes will be a challenge with the first murder found 60 years ago but there are too many similarities for the new Chief of police and his Reverend wife to ignore. On top of everything they must fight to keep the police force going instead of handing over cases to the state and there is a whiff of wrong doing with one of his officers. There are a few sub plots that can get sticky at times but at the end it ramps up and leaves some details open ended for the next book. Fans of Craig Johnson's Longmire character and C.J. Box will find these characters endearing and the mystery solid.