The debut novela true thrill ride (Suspense magazine)in the series featuring prosecutor-turned-Wyoming-fishing-guide Jake Trent: a twisting, turning, murderous tale that thriller readers will love (New York Times bestselling author Michael McGarrity).Its early summer in Jackson, Wyoming, where former prosecutor Jake Trent has left the law behind to pursue his dream: becoming a fishing guide and opening a small bed-and-breakfast in the West. Now three seemingly unrelated deaths have occurred in one dayunheard of in the scenic valley of Jackson Holedisrupting Jakes idyllic new life. A skier perishes in a freak late-season avalanche. A French couple is discovered mutilated on a remote trailpresumably by a bear. And on the Snake River, Jake stumbles across the body of an expensively attired fisherman. Meanwhile, a series of small earthquakesnot to mention a bitter dispute between land developers and environmentalistshas left the townspeople uneasy. Before long, the plausible explanations for each death dissolve.

Could there be a sinister connection among them? When fresh evidence points to Jake as a suspect, he goes on the defensive. Is someone out to frame him? Jake teams up with beautiful park ranger Noelle Klimpton to get to the bottom of this series of disturbing events. The trail leads right to the regions crown-jewel attraction: Yellowstone. With all the elements of a successful thriller (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette), Death Canyon features evocative Rocky Mountain themes, a spot-on sense of place, brilliant fly-fishing scenes and characters you just want to root for (New York Times bestselling author C.J. Box).