Blaine County Sheriff Walt Fleming receives a call that a skier is missing at Galena Pass, Idaho. He gathers his search-and-rescue team and heads out into a freak October winter storm. Battling the fierce snowstorm, Walt and his good friend, vet Mark Aker, hear a gunshot and find Mark's brother, Randy dead. The next day Mark is missing.
Walt's small police force is stretched to the limit investigating a rape, as well as Randy's murder. Mark's whereabouts goes on the back burner while Walt tries to investigate a mysterious contamination at a bottling water plant resulting in serious radiation illness in the workers.
Hindering his case and compounding his frustration, Walt must work alongside his best deputy, who is sleeping with his wife. Emotions run high as Walt deals with his wife's desertion and betrayal. He juggles his impossible workload while caring for his twin daughters.
When rich government contractors and politicians attempt to manipulate him, it inflames Walt to continue regardless of the consequences. Walt tries to make sense of the conflicting evidence. Due to his poking around, the carefully orchestrated cover up beings to unravel.
The second in the Walt Fleming series has a tightly woven plot with characters that are gritty and realistic. Ridley Pearson has Walt battling personal demons and evil men, and Mark uses his wits as he struggles against a wintery and harsh environment with fierce animals all while eluding his captors. The combination proves to be a riveting read.
Sun Valley sheriff Walt Fleming returns in a stunning
new thriller from the #1 New York Timesβbestselling
author. When a skier goes missing at Sun
Valleyβs Galena Summit, Sheriff Walt Fleming quickly
assembles his crack search-and-rescue team and heads out
into the snowy night. Despite the treacherous conditions,
Walt and his group, including deputy Tommy Brandon and
Waltβs best friend, Mark Aker, set off on skis,
accompanied by highly trained search dogs. Within minutes,
something goes horribly wrong: a shot rings out, and one
of their team is dead. By morning, Mark Aker has
disappeared. Torn between professional
responsibility and the desperate urge to find his friend,
Walt is further challenged by an unexplained illness at a
local water-bottling plant that sends workers to the
hospital and sets off biohazard warnings. Following
threads of questionable evidence through the glitter of
Sun Valley leads Walt to an unlikelyβand darkerβsource,
and reveals a crime played out on a much larger scale than
he originally envisioned. Waist-deep in snow and knee-deep
in lies, the life of his friend in the balance, Walt
begins to suspect that the whole operation is controlled
by people of great wealth and power, which leaves him
where he started: out in the cold. From adrenaline-
charged start to explosive finish, Killer View is
heart-stopping suspense at its very best.
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