When mayhem descends on a tiny logging town, former sheriff Cork O'Connor is called upon to investigate a murder in this "wonderful page-turner" (The Denver Post) that "prolongs suspense to the very end" (Publishers Weekly) by Edgar Award
An explosion has rippped through the local lumber mill, killing a nightwatchman and putting the entire town of Aurora, Minnesota, on edge. The suspects are from the local native tribe, which has been protesting the mill owner's threats to clear-cut their sacred stand of trees...