I was surprised to see this turn up in my standing order. I thought it was a mini series (and a disappointing one at that). This turns out to be a new story arc with a different tone and featuring the sheriff from the earlier story but also jumping to an earlier case in the Seventies that the sheriff is now trying to find some conclusion on (before he retires I guess).
It was hard to care about the characters in the previous storyline it was like a poor version of the Fargo TV series, neither funny nor moving.
This one has some pretty big topics race, child kidnapping and murder; Satanic style cults explicitly demonstrating a shared aesthetic with the Ku Klux Klan. It's bigger, bolder and possibly shlockier.
After two issues the stage is still being set with players still being introduced and the stage still being set. In some ways it's nice to see a story moving at its own pace but still as with the first arc there can be a sense that the story moves so slowly it becomes aimless.