Who is Eli Rochert from Second Glance: A Novel and what is their importance?

Eli Rochert is a police detective. He lives in Comtosook, and he is divorced. Eli is also half-Abenaki, something he chooses to ignore. As he begins investigating the murder of Cecelia Pike, however, he learns that she too was half-Abenaki, and he begins to embrace the heritage that his mother taught him as a child. Eli is instrumental in learning the truth about Cecelia Pike's death, and he falls in love with Shelby Wakeman.