Alix Thorssen views the wolf as a beautiful creature, but her rancher neighbors disagree. A dead wolf divides the community and art gallery owner Alix finds her sleuthing skills at maximum strength when one of her best clients requests her help in researching an old death. Excellent tension in this complex story of environmentalism and murder. -- Midwest ReviewsThis is a tension-filled novel which shows McClendons keen sense of people and their emotions and their conflicts. Andalways, watching from the mountains, as Alix and the others caught up in this surprising and twisting tale, is the avatar and the catalyst, the blue wolf. This is a powerful, moving novel. -- Amazon Customer Review by Carl Brookins