Another freebie from Jo Dereske (prev published by Dell in 1996):
Savage Cut (Ruby Crane mysteries)
After her daughter's head injury in an automobile accident, Ruby Crane returns to the Michigan hometown she'd fled in disgrace seventeen years before. A forgery expert with a California detective agency, now her only concern is her daughter Jesse's recovery in her family's isolated lakeside cabin. Until an old friend's husband is killed in a sawmill accident and Ruby is drawn into old scandals this small town is determined to bury.