Minotaur Books
August 2011
On Sale: August 2, 2011
Featuring: Gracie Sullivan; Cody Hoyt
400 pages ISBN: 0312365748 EAN: 9780312365745 Hardcover Add to Wish List
Cody Hoyt, while a brilliant cop, is an alcoholic struggling with two months of sobriety when his mentor and AA sponsor Hank Winters is found burned to death in a remote mountain cabin. At first it looks like the suicide of a man whoโs fallen off the wagon, but Cody knows Hank better than that. Sober for fourteen years, Hank took pride in his hard-won sobriety and never hesitated to drop whatever he was doing to talk Cody off a ledge. When Cody takes a closer look at the scene of his friendโs death, it becomes apparent that foul play is at hand. After years of bad behavior with his department, heโs in no position to be investigating a homicide, but this man was a friend and Codyโs determined to find his killer.
When clues found at the scene link the murderer to an outfitter leading tourists on a multi-day wilderness horseback trip into the remote corners of Yellowstone National Parkโa pack trip that includes his son JustinโCody is desperate to get on their trail and stop the killer before the group heads into the wild. Among the tourists is fourteen-year-old Gracie Sullivan, an awkward but intelligent loner who begins to suspect that someone in their party is dangerous.
In a fatal cat and mouse game, where it becomes apparent the murderer is somehow aware of Codyโs every move, Cody treks into the wilderness to stop a killer hell bent on ruining the only thing in his life he cares about.