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Finalist for Crime Writers of Canada's 2024 Award of Excellence for Best Crime First Novel!

One deadly explosion. One burned body. One teenaged suspect.

One week-long race for Gabrieli to save his kid brother's neck.

Former lawyer turned part-time investigator Gabe Gabrieli visits a small resort town to fulfill a promise. He plans to check in, attend a christening, check out. Two days max.

But when police name his kid brother as their prime suspect in a gruesome killing on a nearby mountain, Gabe leaps into a desperate battle to find the truth – a week-long battle that pits him against deceptive locals, a mountain's secrets, and a cunning killer who ultimately threatens to destroy all Gabe cares about and pushes him to his breaking point.

Buckle up and join Gabe on his wild week in the British Columbia mountains!