Synopses & Reviews
"With a flair for the outdoors,"(Rocky Mountain News) the Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning author returns with BLM agent Jamaica Wild. Tracking a wounded mountain lion, Jamaica comes across an old Indian School, where children were "Americanized" after being taken from their homes. As a snowstorm sweeps the canyon, Jamaica must take refuge in the abandoned school.
Exploring, Jamaica discovers the desecrated body of an elderly Anglo woman, frozen on the floor. This discovery, combined with the troubled history of the abandoned school, haunts Jamaica throughout the night with the howling wind.
When the FBI takes over the murder investigation she continues searching for the wounded she-lion and her cubs. As the dead of winter settles, arctic temperatures threaten the survival of the mountain lions-and Jamaica herself, as she is stalked by an unidentified killer...
Review
Fans of the late Tony Hillerman will embrace Ault's outstanding third mystery to feature Jamaica Wild, a resource agent for the Bureau of Land Management in Taos, N.M. (after 2008's Wild Inferno). When Jamaica seeks shelter during a blizzard in Pueblo Peña at the abandoned San Pedro de Arbués Indian School for her injured horse, Rooster, and her wolf companion, Mountain, she stumbles on a terrifying sight-the frozen corpse of Cassie Morgan, a strangled Anglo woman from whose neck hangs a sign in red crayon that reads "I am not an Indian." Though Jamaica is horrified to learn that Cassie was a former school matron "remembered for depriving, humiliating, and beating the Indian children," she continues to help the FBI investigation into what is deemed a hate crime. Outraged by Jamaica's interference, the twisted killer targets both Jamaica and Mountain. Ault's wildlife expertise and knowledge of Tanoah culture enhance a poignant plot.
-Publisher's Weekly (starred review)
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Synopsis
With a flair for the outdoors ("Rocky Mountain News"), the Mary Higgins ClarkAward-winning author returns with agent Jamaica Wild.
Synopsis
The Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning author returns with BLM agent Jamaica Wild. In the midst of tracking a wounded mountain lion, Jamaica is forced to seek refuge in an old abandoned Indian School when a snowstorm hits. Exploring, Jamaica discovers the desecrated body of an elderly Anglo woman, frozen on the floor. After the storm, the FBI takes over the murder investigation, but Jamaica remains haunted by the frozen woman. As the dead of winter settles, arctic temperatures threaten the survival of the mountain lions-but time reveals that there is something far more dangerous tracking Jamaica...
About the Author
Sandi Ault is a former journalist and newspaper section editor, as well as a Type 2 Fire Information officer.