Laura Crum
1) Going, gone
Horse vet Gail McCarthy's life turns stranger than fiction when her old boyfriend, Lonny Peterson, is arrested for murder-by none other than Gail's childhood friend, Bret Boncantini, now a sheriff's deputy in a Sierra foothills town. Lonny is accused of the murder of two local livestock auctioneers, one his girlfriend and the other her brother. Both Gail and Bret are sure of Lonny's innocence, and decide to investigate. As they begin to turn up
...There are human predators in the hills. Can Gail McCarthy discover who they are before she becomes the next victim? Gail McCarthy has turned 50, and is considering resuming her career as a horse veterinarian. Life interrupts her plans when she embarks on a solitary ride and finds a fellow equestrian shot dead. Gail's friend, Detective Jeri Ward, heads up the investigation, and Gail is drawn into the escalating chain of events when a second rider
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