A Death in Eden

Keith McCafferty is a top-notch first-rate can't-miss novelist.--C.J. Box #1 New York Times bestselling author . When scarecrows appear in the cliffs above Montana's famous Smith River and a little girl reports being chased by one in the night state investigator Harold Little Feather is brought in to find the culprit.  Are the menacing effigies related to a copper-mining project that threatens the purity of the Smith? That's Harold's initial suspicion but his investigation takes an ominous turn when a decapitated body is found in the river. . As Harold's search leads him back in time through the canyon's history Sean Stranahan launches his raft upriver. He has been hired to guide a floating party that includes Clint McCaine the manager of the mine project; Bart Trueblood the president of “Save The Smith” a grassroots organization devoted to stopping the project; and the documentarian filming their arguments. McCaine and Trueblood grew up on the Smith on neighboring ranches and as they travel downstream it’s revealed that the two share a past that runs much deeper and darker than their opposing viewpoints.   The currents of the seemingly unrelated trips will soon flow together and Stranahan's long-time love Sheriff Martha Ettinger will enter the fray as the boats hurtle toward a date with danger at a place called Table Rock. A Death in Eden is the seventh novel in the acclaimed Sean Stranahan mystery series.