"Engrossing stuff. Lots of well-plotted action and an offbeat, affecting love story."--Kirkus Reviews "Outdoors-types will especially appreciate the involved battles over commercial fishing limits and poaching."--Publishers Weekly" . . . easy to read . . . full of engaging characters . . ."--Bay City Times

Joseph Heywood is the author of The Snowfly, Covered Waters, The Berkut, Taxi Dancer, The Domino Conspiracy, the eleven Woods Cop Mysteries. Featuring Grady Service, a contemporary detective in the Upper Peninsula for Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources, and Lute Bapcat, a Rough Rider turned Michigan game warden in the 1910s, Heywood’s mystery series have earned the author cult status among lovers of the outdoors, law enforcement officials, and mystery devotees. Heywood lives in Portage, Michigan.