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It's spring, 1868, and a businessman in Sumner County, Kansas, has been brutally murdered. Not only does Ellen Hargrove find the body of cattleman Francis Stone, but within days, she believes James Montgomery committed the crime. But how to convince anyone? Her knowledge isn't based on evidence, but rather on her own clairvoyant visions.
Ellen has always been troubled by psychic occurrences and tries to deny her precognition, just as she did the previous autumn when she foresaw her husband's death by drowning. She has returned home to live with her parents and decide what to do with her life, certain she could have done something to prevent her husband’s death. Now, with conflicting images, and only bits of information strewn in dreams and visions, she hesitates, unsure of herself.
An Osage man, Beaver Laughing, is convinced Ellen knows who killed his brother and left his dismembered remains at the scene of Francis Stone’s demise. Beaver Laughing wants Ellen to tell him which man is the “Bad Dark,” but Ellen is reluctant to aid his vengeance.
More murders come to light, and Ellen’s second sight about James Montgomery becomes too real to ignore. She feels obligated to prove what she senses. She searches for clues so she can convince Marshal Stamford that what she "sees" is true.
Or maybe it isn't.
Perhaps Reed Carter, the gambler who is courting her, is more involved in the area cattle rustlings than she thinks.
The violent conclusion to this mystery is punctuated by turbulent Kansas weather, and Ellen finally comes to terms with her own unique talents.
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"Although Cheatham has written a good whodunit, it is her details of cattle drives, descriptions of what living in a dugout was really like, and how one survived the violent weather that makes this novel so compelling...Strong writing, sympathetic characters, and sense of place blend to create and enjoyable book." -- Doris R. Meredith, The Roundup
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