Crafts and Life

After talking her way into a job writing for Portland's Northwest Extreme magazine, Meg Reed may now really be in over her head. Actually, about 8,000 feet over her head. . .

She's at Mount Hood's remote Silcox Hut, covering the the seriously hardcore Ridge Rangers— Oregon's elite high-altitude rescue team–during their four-day winter training. Sure, Meg beefed up her outdoor skills over the summer . . . but she's still hoping to cover the event with some hot chocolate by the cheery fireplace. Then, during a sudden blizzard, she swears she hears gunshots. No one stranded in the hut believes her . . . until self-absorbed Ridge Ranger Ben Rogers is found outside in a pool of frozen blood. Meg's now got to find this killer quickly . . . before cabin fever does them all in!

In this 2nd outing for Meg she is still working for the extreme sports magazine and even though she still prefers sipping a Latte to going for a run she has spent the summer weekends training with the Crag Rats to hone her outdoor skills.  She hears that the Crag Rats are going to train up as Ridge Rangers, a high altitude rescue team and she gets invited to spend the training time with them up on Mount Hood so she can do a feature on them.  On the first night though a blizzard blows up and at the same time the financier goes missing – and Meg is the only one who is sure she heard a shot.  The following day Ben is found dead and Meg needs to figure out who the killer is before some one else (even herself!) is iced.