R. Weir’s Justice for the Accused is Book Two in the Steel Wheels Cold Mystery series. It reads like a cold-case mystery with elements of a crime thriller and a touch of family drama. As the story begins, retired police officer Donnie Steel is headed to eastern Minnesota to meet up with his parents at his grandparents’ Steel Lake Cabins and RV Resort. He has his former police K-9, Kogel, with him for the ride. His mom wants him to meet with Ann, who’s now a lawyer but was affectionately known as little Annie from childhood. She needs his help with a cold case involving her client, Von Oliver, a decorated Army Ranger who has been accused of murdering his girlfriend, Brie Ivory, a year ago. As Donnie begins looking into the case, it becomes bigger than the simple question of whether Von is guilty or innocent. The more he digs, the more he uncovers what Brie was hiding.