A chewed-up corpse high in the Flat Tops Wilderness Area leaves Colorado hunting guide Allison Coil mystified. Obvious signs suggest the dead man is the victim of a mountain lion attack, but Allison's instincts scream otherwise. Miles away and a few thousand feet lower in downtown Glenwood Springs, a controversial candidate for U.S. Senate is shot during a campaign stop as newspaper reporter Duncan Bloom watches, dodging the long-range gunfire. Trapline follows Coil and Bloom as their investigations into the corpse and the shooting expose greed, hatred, and the dark depths of human indifference.

Mark Stevens grew up in Massachusetts. He was raised by two librarians. By law, he was required to grow up loving books. And writing. Today, he lives in Colorado. He writes the Allison Coil Mystery Series-Antler Dust, Buried by the Roan, Trapline, Lake of Fire and The Melancholy Howl (2018). Kirkus Reviews called Lake of Fire "irresistible" and The Melancholy Howl "smart and indelible." Mark was the 2016 Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers' Writer of the Year. Website: www.writermarkstevens.com