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"Mystery fans who prefer their whodunits in a cozier form than the old school hard-boiled will be pleased." -IndieReader Approved
A mysterious fire in a remote forest clearing; a woman's charred bones; unexplained tracks in the rutted road-the only clues Deputy Andi Pelton has to what happened. Then she meets an old man living alone in a forest compound that obviously houses many people. Sex trafficking in the Montana wilderness? As Andi and psychologist Ed Northrup struggle to solve the brutal and fiery murder, Andi faces a fear she didn't know she had. The horrors they unearth lead them deep into the appalling reality of prison gangs and a cult led by a malign Bishop-and threaten to overwhelm Andi and Ed's romance and her growing bond with her "step-girlfriend," Ed's adopted daughter, Grace. Will that center hold when Andi finds the killer holding a knife against her throat? And if it does and she succeeds, will she be able to face her greater fear?
About the author
Award-winning author Bill Percy writes vivid, engaging tales of people confronting painful and challenging mysteries. His novels in the Monastery Valley series, Climbing the Coliseum, Nobody's Safe Here, The Bishop Burned the Lady, and Standing Our Ground have all won awards in multiple book award competitions. The Monastery Valley series tells the stories of life, love, mysteries, and crimes in a small-town community in fictional Monastery Valley, Montana.
