In the latest addition to the acclaimed Sean Stranahan mystery series PI Stranahan and Sheriff Ettinger reunite to investigate a young girlrsquos deathItrsquos April but therersquos still snow on the Montana mountains the day a member of the Madison River Liar and Fly Tiers club finds a Santa hat in the chimney of his rented cabin With the flue clogged and desperate to make a fire he climbs up to the roof only to find the body of a teenage girl wedged into the chimney When Sheriff Martha Ettinger and her team arrive to extract the body they identify the victim as Cinderella ldquoCindyrdquo Huntington a promising young rodeo star missing since NovemberWas Cindy murdered Or running for her lifemdashand if so from whom Cindyrsquos mother Etta hires private detective Sean Stranahan to find out Jasper Fey the girlrsquos stepfather believes moving on is the only way to heal But Ettarsquos not willing to let it go and neither are Sean or Martha who find clues to the death in the mysterious legends of the Crazy Mountains The fourth book in McCaffertyrsquos mystery series features a brisk savvy plot and charming yet authentic charactersmdashperfect for fans of C J Box and Craig Johnson.
