Looking for a quiet
place to write, Max Gallagher rents a cabin in the Crazy Mountains of
Montana. His quiet is immediately disturbed when he tries to light a
fire in the fireplace, fills the cabin with smoke, and discovers a
dead girl stuffed in the chimney.
The girl turns out
to be Cinderella Huntingdon who has been missing for five months. The
teenager and a teenage boy who worked at the Huntingdon ranch
disappeared at the same time and the speculation was that they were
together, but only Cindy has been found.
Since it's not clear
that Cindy was murdered, Sheriff Martha Ettinger's resources to
pursue the investigation are limited. She suggests that Cindy's
mother, Etta Huntingdon, hire Sean Stranahan to find out. Stranahan
is an artist, fly fisherman and sometime detective. From this point
on it's his story.
The plot has
interesting twists, the Montana scenery is breathtaking, and the
characters are suitably quirky for people living in a small town is
in the wilds. However, the book moves very slowly, and the viewpoint
shifts between characters making it difficult to identify with one
character.
I enjoyed the
mystery. If you're looking for a good mystery in an unusual location,
you may enjoy this book, but be ready for a leisurely ride.
I reviewed this book
for the Amazon Vine Program.
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