Publisher's Synopsis
A high-end resort being built on the outskirts of Acker's Gap, West Virginia, a town desperate for jobs, should have been welcome. But following the Buffalo Creek disaster of 1972, where a coal company's mistake claimed the lives of many Raythune County citizens, tensions are running high. When Ed Hackel, Mountain Magic's marketing manager, is found murdered, suspicion falls on Royce Dillard. A loner orphaned by the disaster, Dillard had made his opposition clear by refusing to sell a parcel of land to the developers. With all evidence pointing to Dillard, Bell Elkins, the county's prosecuting attorney, feels she has no choice but to charge him. But is the truth always what it seems?
