TouchWood, Surrey, BC, 2008, 1^st/1^st.  ISBN 1-894898-71-0 / 978-1-894898-71-3.  Trade soft cover, 235 pages.  Unread copy with very light cover wear, small ding to top edge of front wrap.  ‘After a whirlwind year in the office of Vancouver P.I. Nat Southby, Margaret Spencer is in need of a vacation.  She heads for a peaceful dude ranch in the Cariboo, but upon arriving, she is drawn into the area’s unsolved murders and disappearances.  She soon finds that the secrets of this remote and rugged terrain are closely guarded, and her curiosity is unwelcome.  As she pokes around a fresh crime scene, shots are fired at her, and still the local RCMP ignores her suspicious findings. … Nat arrives to help her investigate, and together, they unravel a wild story of betrayal, violence and broken promises.’ (from rear wrap)