Edge of Wild is a mystery located in beautiful Waterton Lakes National Park in southern Alberta, bordering Glacier National Park in Montana. It is published by Stonehouse Publishing, which offers beautifully designed trade paperbacks leaning towards historical fiction.
When Richard Evans arrives in the small town of Waterton from New York to oversee the building of a new hotel, he is expects the major change. The hotel is so plagued with problems it seems doomed to never be finished. That the last manager disappeared without a trace is concerning enough, he has to deal with the local business owners who make a concerted effort to ignore him, dissuade him, and encourage him to leave as well. When he discovers several of them have shady lease agreements with an untraceable company they certainly insist he leave it alone.
Louise runs the towns family garage and becomes his friend and sounding block for the mysterious happenings at the hotel - things moving around, someone stalking him or entering his cabin. Lou and Richard soon become an item, and are as baffled as the local police when several dead bodies begin to turn up in the surrounding forests. A remote location nestled within the mountains doesn't see crime like this, perhaps making it an ideal spot for the criminal element. Events escalate when evidence that a grisly murder once took place in one of the hotel suites emerges. Should Richard just abandon the town, or is it too late?
It's a solid, well researched mystery with a great sense of place. If I'm criticizing, I thought the tight knit locals shutting him out so completely needs some dissenters. Louise had an interesting back story, and a unique talent for predictions that I would have liked more of throughout the story. At times the story overtook the mystery, slowing the pace. However, it is well written and I don't hesitate to recommend it.
2016 / Tradeback / 333 pages
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