Linda Stevens - the fourth entry in the Jim Buchanan character series

You met Sheriff Jim Buchanan in May, Coroner Hank Kelly in June, and Deputy Rocky Salentino in July. Now meet Police Chief Linda Stevens.

Linda is 5’8” with short blond hair and an athletic build showcasing her 14% body fat. She is a Thompson Falls native, four years younger than her friends Jim and Kate. Linda idolized Jim's successes during her teenage years and decided to follow his professional path, studying Criminal Justice at the University of Montana. After college she applied for and achieved the highest ranking to date at the Montana Police Academy in Bozeman. Accepting a patrol officer position with the Thompson Falls Police Department in 1989 at the age of 23, Linda worked her way up the ranks until she was named Police Chief in 1997 at the age of 31. Linda is a solid, rock steady person in town and Jim’s honest link to the police department. Everything is by the book with her and it doesn't hurt that she holds simultaneous black belts in Karate, Aikido, Judo, and Jiu Jitsu as well as being a highly decorated law enforcement marksman.