May, 1940. Olympic National Park, Washington state. Alone in a remote cabin, Hope Merriweather feels out of step--with her marriage, her work writing for the WPA Washington Guide, herself. A floating body interrupts her fishing on Lake Crescent. She confides in a cankerous old friend as her wish for a peaceful escape tangles with her curiosity. The corpse, a woman made unidentifiable by lake chemistry and nibbling fish, had murky relationships with...