A murder in a crowd . . . with no witnesses.
An intruder on her ranch . . . and only the dogs know the identity.
Old faces and old cases return with shocking demands.
A fierce Thanksgiving day storm sends Maddie "Mad Girl" Whitney and the Midnight Runners K-9 Search and Rescue team racing to Deadman's Mountain. They find the victim . . .
But that's only the start of a season of high crimes and mystery.
Each new crisis leads Maddie and her partner Sheriff Oliver Desjardins back to Deadman's, the rumored haunt of the Coyote Run Creeper. Soon, Maddie begins wondering if there's any truth to the legend of a madman living on the mountain.
Will ghosts from the past keep Maddie from finding her way through a devastating winter into the New Year?
