Trail Gone Dark: K-9 Search & Rescue Mysteries, Book 1

When a missing person alert arrives before dawn, K-9 handler Gemma Hartley and her German Shepherd Kira respond within minutes. What begins as a routine search becomes a murder investigation when Kira discovers the body of Alexis Mercer at Devil's Ledge. Gemma recently moved to Elk Creek to escape the aftermath of a failed search and rescue operation in Minneapolis. Her discovery of Alexis's body uncovers a connection to an unsolved case from twenty-five years earlier: Brianna Hartley, who disappeared into the same mountains in 1998 and was never found. Brianna's sister Vera has been waiting for answers, while Warren Haskell, the town's most respected citizen, keeps appearing in the margins of the story. Working alongside Deputy Marco Reyes, Gemma pursues two cases simultaneously: finding Alexis's killer and uncovering the truth about Brianna's disappearance. Book 1 of the K-9 Search & Rescue Mysteries series.