Synopses & Reviews
When Dr. Barbara Wilson fails to return home from an appointment, her disappearance is treated as a carjacking until her strangled and scalped body is discovered in the woods of this rural county. To make matters worse, Sheriff Hoss Davis is in the midst of a campaign for re-election, and the land-developer, who is bankrolling his challenger, recognizes in the doctor's disappearance an opportunity to make Davis and his department look inept. The Sheriff's desperate effort to find the missing doctor brings an encounter with a provocative member of the county's Band of Ottawa and Chippewa. Davis deploys his small force but one of his women deputies acts on her own ideas about the direction the investigation should take ...a heart stopping climax, and the result is a winner, especially for readers who like tales set in rural American or having Native American elements. --Library Journal April 1, 2006