A good friend and fellow game warden has killed himself,and Joe Pickett's been chosen to temporarily run his district.But Jackson, Wyoming, is a far cry from Joe's hometown of Saddlestring and it doesn't help that now Joe feels com-pelled to investigate the circumstances surrounding his friend's suicide. But as he comes closer to the truth, the more his own life spirals out of control--and he realizes that if he isn't careful, he may be Jackson's next victim...