Murder in Wolf Valley

In the rugged Idaho hills, modern day rancher and artist, Ash Connelly, encounters a sheriff’s team recovering the body of his best friend, Terry Collins. The deputy in charge, believes Terry’s murder resulted from a chance encounter with poachers or rustlers while he was hunting. For Ash, the explanation does not make sense. Terry, a partially disabled veteran had given up hunting and guns.

When Ash openly casts doubts on the sheriff’s investigation, he finds himself under suspicion. Distrustful of the authorities, he begins a search not only to find the killer, but to clear his name. Late, one rainy evening, after the closing of an exhibition of his work in Portland, Ash is violently attacked and barely escapes with his life.

Returning to Idaho, he finds that another close friend has been killed. The two murders and his attack cannot be mere coincidences. Along with his dog Blink, Ash decides to reexamine the scene of Terry’s murder. There must be something in the hills worth killing for.

In the backcountry he crosses paths with Carrie Gates, state fish and game agent, and together, the two struggle to survive a deadly blizzard. As the violence increases, Ash finds his family threatened and asks his ex-fiancée, Alyssa, to help hide them. Free to focus on the search, his probing draws closer to the truth. Unexpectedly, he finds himself torn by his love for two very different women.