A Golden Trail of Murder

John Paxson. Avalon Books, $19.95 (224pp) ISBN 978-0-8034-9488-6

Spring thaw in Montana, and a missing old man shows up dead in a melted snowdrift in John Paxson's (Bones) A Golden Trail of Murder. Rancher, erstwhile journalist and occasional carpenter and PI Ben Tripp almost gets himself killed (but is resuscitated by a sexy doc) as he uncovers an elaborate, murderous plot to steal valuable land.

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