Trailhead

After an undercover FBI operation blew up in her face, Special Agent Eleanor Peters disappeared.Eight years later and hiding behind a new name, Kate Hall runs a remote hostel for Pacific Crest Trail hikers, content with the anonymity her new life provides. The constant flow of travelers offers all the human connection she needs-and none of the attachments she fears.When Kate's bloodhound Jenny discovers a backpack filled with designer drugs, National Park Investigative Security Branch Agent Reese Carter arrives to investigate. Soon Kate's carefully constructed sanctuary begins to crumble.As the walls close in, Kate faces an impossible choice: vanish again to protect the woman she's unexpectedly fallen for, or trust Reese with her secrets and confront the killer who's finally found her. C. Jean Downer writes traditional whodunits with a magical twist. She's a self-proclaimed expert in the field, with thousands of mystery books, television episodes, and movies to her reading and viewing credit. Even her family refuses to watch mysteries with her because of her gifts of deduction unless she zips it.If she was younger and braver, she'd trade her Ph.D. for a PI in a heartbeat! C'est la vie.Downer is the author of Lies Are Forever, the first book of the Sloane West Mysteries, and a published poet. She lives in White Rock, British Columbia, with her wife of twenty-plus years, their two fabulous daughters, two lazy dogs, and three chill cats.