Kate Caraway Animal-Rights Mystery

After five years in Africa, researching the decline of elephant populations, Kate Caraway's project comes to a screeching halt when she shoots a poacher and is forced to leave the country. Kate and her husband, Jack Ryder, flee to a friend's ranch in Texas to recuperate. But before Kate has a chance to unpack, her friend's daughter pleads for Kate's assistance. The young woman has become entangled in the ugly world of greyhound abuse and believes Kates is the only one with the experience and tenacity to expose the crime and find out who is responsible. On the case for only a few hours, Kate discovers a body, complicating the investigation by adding murder to the puzzle. Now she's in a race against time to find the killer before she becomes the next victim.

Kate Caraway hates giving lectures at the University of Illinois so much she fears she'll lose her mind. So, when her student, Nate Springfield, walks into her office with a story of wild horses in danger of slaughter, Kate takes a leave of absence. Forty-eight hours later, she arrives in Two Horse, Montana, one of the most rugged areas in the state. In a race against time, she uses her expertise and influence as a well-respected animal-rights activist to assist Nate's eighty-two-year-old great-grandmother, Ida, save her herd of wild mustangs. But when Kate stumbles upon a dead body on Ida's ranch, Kate quickly learns that some people will do anything, including murder, to keep their nefarious scheme from being exposed.

With the baseball season over, animal-rights activist Kate Caraway, and her husband, Chicago Cubs manager, Jack Rider, travel to Lopez Island for a much-needed vacation and a long-awaited stay with Kate's childhood friend. Emily Ann Thurston owns Eagle Crossing, a wildlife rescue facility, where she raises and cares for orphaned and injured eagles. Before Kate has a chance to relax and breathe the fresh pine-scented air of the Pacific Northwest, trouble begins. A family gathering and celebration turns tragic. Soon three people are murdered. Before Kate can untangle the mess, she meets the killer face-to-face, and they both realize she is the only one who stands in the way of the killer's freedom and arrest.