“[Stone] takes a complicated stew of murder, mystery, and mayhem and boils it down to its essence with lyrical writing and perfectly timed revelations.” Monti Shalosky

Transplanted from New York City to the tiny mountain town of Waterton, Alberta, with the task of saving a floundering new hotel, Rich Evans is desperate to return to civilization as soon as he can. The locals seem unusually hostile, and was that a cougar on his door-step last night? As Rich begins to wonder whether his predecessor disappeared of his own accord, he finds himself drawn to Louise Newman, the garage mechanic who is fixing his suddenly unreliable BMW.  A series of gruesome unsolved murders begin to tear the town apart, and Rich can’t help but wonder: will he be the next victim?