Stella and Lyndy are visiting Stella’s mother’s ranch in Montana, where Lord Atherly, Lyndys father is on a mission to find fossils of a long extinct horse. It is rough country, and Lyndy who is used to deference due to his aristocratic status, finds that none of the people who he works with is cowed or bothered by whom he is.
Undercurrents exist on the site and amongst all those involved, but when one murder is followed by another, and the suspects all seem to have alibis Stella finds herself in a quandary. Limitations because of her being female also plays a role. On top of it all the coroner who seems to be the most powerful man in the area, over rides the verdict of murder and declares death by accident. His appointed jury follows him and though the Sheriff disagrees, he is not willing to go against the most powerful man in Cottonwood Creek.
The setting in Montana, the era, the ranching lifestyle and the lack of pretension are all highlighted in this story.
Sent by Kensington Publishing for an unbiased review, courtesy of Netgalley.
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