horses, murder, murder-investigation, mule, dog, friendship, lies, snow-season, secrets, false-information, law-enforcement, recovery, red-herrings, relationships, religious-symbolism, rural, gangsters, survival, suspense, sly-humor, ex-military, cultural-heritage, series, action, accidents, blizzards, mountains*****

Fortunately, this owl signaled a warning and did not call Hawk's name. Or Dani's.
Gabriel Hawke is a trooper with the Oregon State Police-Fish and Wildlife division, and Dani Singer is a retired career USAF pilot. They are much more than friends. They head up via horses and mule (and Dog) in the mountains to the Camp Dani owns and operates to retrieve her helicopter to bring it down to her winter quarters for maintenance and repairs over the winter. But a terrific snowstorm and a broken leg for Dani scuttled the plan. Then there was the dead body, the broken radio, and a fool in city clothes who may have been a murderer.
Unputdownable. Riveting. Can work as standalone. Addictive series. ( )