Weeks after Victoria and Elan disappear on a romantic elopement, officers find a small plane at the bottom of Bitterroot Lake—with Victoria in it and no sign of Elan except remnants of the plane’s avionics in a burned-out campfire. Ray Walker, the youngest deputy sheriff in his town’s history, cannot let this case become his only failure—especially after Victoria’s sister pays him a call. Year after year, he keeps the file—and his eyes and ears—open. Meanwhile, the Green Fairy is escorting a new man-about-town to all the best places—and keeping him alive.