Her reluctant homecoming has just been interrupted by murder.

When Jamie Trapper rescues a man mauled by a mountain lion, the ex-barrel racer is hailed a hero. But the skeletal remains Jamie and federal park ranger Pierce Hauser uncover on the trail points to an all-too-human culprit. The murder victim’s possible ties to a secret group of conspirators in Montana back country only deepens the mystery. With an expanding list of suspects and a web of corruption that may stretch beyond their community, can the cowgirl stop a killer from claiming two final victims?