This is a stand-alone suspense story from the author of the popular Father John OMalley and Vicky Holden series (set on an Arapaho Indian reservation). There is still a link to Native Americans: the heroine, Catherine McLeod, an investigative reporter for a Denver newspaper, researches a land claim for 27 million acres of ancestral lands filed by the Arapaho and Cheyenne tribes. The novel gets off to a pulse-pounding start with McLeod, out late at night walking her dog, becoming aware that someone is following herthis same stalker is linked to McLeods investigation. Coel skillfully shuttles between McLeods and the stalkers points of view, enhancing the cat-and-mouse game that drives the action. McLeod must cope with her grief over the stalkers successful attack on her best friend and with her still-raw feelings for her ex-spouse, as she attempts to determine what is behind the attempts to kill her. Gripping.