For Whom the Cranes Call

The wildlife refuge at Bosque del Apache is a noisy but idyllic spot as sandhill cranes settle there for the winter. Then a body of man wearing new red boots is found on Christmas Day. Scientist Sara Almquist and her collaborators in the FBI and the Bureau of Land Management quickly learn many-family members and almost everyone who worked with the victim at the local school-had reasons for wishing him dead.