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Fresh off his sleuthing success in Come Hell or High Water, the 72 year old curmudgeon Lew Travis is faced with unraveling the murder of a teenage girl, who was not only a neighbor, but a close family friend. Lew's ensuing investigation thrusts him into the complex world of high school, a milieu he hasn't occupied in over half a century. The plot twists and turns, the suspects pile up, and the clues multiply until the situation reaches a crescendo even Lew hasn't anticipated, At the conclusion the reader will be looking for more, fortunately forthcoming in the third Lew Travis mystery, Hell...

Lew Travis is a curmudgeonly seventy-two year old part-time investigative reporter who lives in Sienna, a small town in Northern California's Sierra Nevada foothills. He decides to look into the suspicious drowning of a prominent local attorney with whom he had a difficult history, and soon finds himself involved with a brutal biker and a gorgeous femme fatale less than half his age. In addition to the intrigue and suspense, this book provides insights into this colorful region and the Native Americans who once populated it, while introducing the cast of characters that inhabit this series.

This is the third book of the Lew Travis Mystery series. Like its predecessors, it is set in the California foothills and features a 72-year old sleuth. Lew, a widower, and a part-time investigative reporter for the local paper, is curmudgeonly but shrewd, and is surrounded by a recurring cast of characters. In addition to the mystery and humor, the book offers insights into the gold rush and its enduring effects.