Adventure tour guide Ben Baxter blames himself for a disaster in his past: Three of his clients were
killed in an accident that Ben feels was his fault. While preparing for his "comeback" eco-tour, Ben
meets a charming but distressed young woman named Poppy, unaware that she is carrying a
satchel full of cash and some suspicious photographs belonging to a murder victim. When he
innocently invites her on the tour, he unwittingly sets the wheels in motion for a desperate showdown
between Poppy and the homicidal guard who is pursuing her and her money. Ben's faulty judgments
begin to snowball, until he must confront the fact that he has trapped himself in a situation beyond
his control. Now the welfare of the wildlife in the national parks is in jeopardy, as well as the safety
of his clients. This creative, suspenseful thriller holds the reader in a vise-like grip from beginning
to end.
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