Twentymile

When wildlife biologist Alex Lowe is found dead inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park it looks on the surface like a suicide. But Tsula Walker Special Agent with the National Park Services Investigative Services Branch and a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians isnt so sure. Tsulas investigation will lead her deep into the park and face-to-face with a group of lethal men on a mission to reclaim a historic homestead. The encounter will irretrievably alter the lives of all involved and leave Tsula fighting for survival--not only from those who would do her harm but from a looming winter storm that could prove just as deadly. A finely crafted literary thriller Twentymile delivers a propulsive story of long-held grievances new hopes and the contentious history of the land at its heart.