When close friends Patsy and Karen go on their annual camping trip to the lake, their plans include hiking and taking in the sights and sounds of the great outdoors. But suddenly their plans are interrupted—by the sound of gunshots. The girls’ senses become heightened when they hear a scream and see someone gunned down in cold blood.

Meanwhile Sheriff Phillip Chandler of Jefferson County, Montana, is working alongside law enforcement officials in neighboring Madison County when his deputy Pete Dolan is found murdered on a trail near Lake Louise. Devastated by the news, Phillip’s mind is exhausted trying to make sense of it all. Who would want to kill Pete, a kind man with no enemies? What exactly did the girls see that day? And more importantly—who?

About the Author:

Lynden Sears was born and spent his childhood years in Idaho but has lived in Montana since 1958. Jefferson County was his home from the late 1950s through the mid-1980s. During his working career, he worked for a brief time in the Jefferson County Sheriff’s office. He has traveled extensively in Montana and has visited literally every city, town, village, nook, and cranny of the state. His love for the state and its people is boundless—as it shows in this novel. He and his wife currently reside in Billings.