Synopses & Reviews
As a member of a mountain search and rescue team, Gracie Kinkaid routinely volunteers to put her life on the line. But its at her new day job at a residential camp in the mountains of southern California where she finds her life is really in danger
As a volunteer for Timber Creek Search and Rescue, Gracie responds to a call out for a car thats gone over the side of a treacherous mountain road. The crash, which Gracie quickly suspects is no accident, proves to be one in an escalating and deadly series of events that lead her right back to Camp Ponderosa, a church-owned camp where she works as Program Director. As Gracie probes more deeply into the dark secrets at the camp, she unearths a hidden world of illegal activities, including murder
and finds herself going head-to-head with desperate perpetrators who will do anything to silence her forever.
Review
Praise for Zero-Degree Murder: A Search and Rescue Mystery
“With her spunky female leading the way, Rowland dishes out generous portions of adrenaline rush…[Her] adventure writing has real flair.”—Library Journal
Review
Praise for Zero-Degree Murder “[An] exciting, seriously good adventure debut…With her spunky female leading the way, Rowland dishes out generous portions of adrenaline rush.”—Library Journal
Synopsis
The Search and Rescue mystery series returns readers to Timber Creek, where the hot, dry Santa Ana winds are blowing. But more than just the threat of wildfire endangers the tiny mountain community... Gracie Kinkaid and her rescue team are searching along the highway in the middle of the blisteringly hot Mojave Desert when they discover a trash bag containing human hands. Soon after, Gracie begins a personal friendship with ten-year-old Baxter Edwardsa runaway with good reason to attempt escape. As she comes to know him, Gracie is unwittingly introduced to the dark, hate-filled world of Baxters familygun-toting, polygamous, antigovernment white supremacists. And as the wildfire roars up to Timber Creek, Gracie is caught in the middle of an explosive plot that threatens to destroy the entire town unless she stops it.
About the Author
A former search and rescue worker for over a decade, M. L. Rowland lives with her family on the Arkansas River in Colorado. She is the author of Zero Degree Murder.