Ash Child

In modern-day Montana, brushfires, meth dealers, and murder challenge a deputy in a mystery thats a pleasure to read (Publishers Weekly). In the midst of a drought in Toussaint, Montana, Mtis Indian tracker and cattle investigator Gabriel Du Pr learns that Maddy Collins has been killedand goes looking for answers. Du Pr suspects a pair of boys who, despite their good upbringing, have fallen in with a gang of crystal meth dealers. Not long after the murder, they vanish. As the town is threatened by a forest fire, Du Pr puts his own life at risk to hunt for the two young men, not knowing whether theyre alive or dead. But if the inferno reaches Toussaint, no one will be safe. Ash Child is the 9th book in The Montana Mysteries Featuring Gabriel Du Pr series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.