Nothing much happens in Peaceful Valley, Montana, and that's just how Sheriff Lucas Monk likes it. Then in October, 1914, the theft of a wooden cigar store Indian sets off a crime wave like nothing Lucas has ever seen. Teenager Charity Axthelm goes missing, Reba Purvis's housekeeper is poisoned with cyanide, and Lucas's gut tells him that this is only the beginning. In this novel by the creator of the Nameless Detective series, it's not long before the first corpse shows up, bringing the peace in the valley to a thundering end.