Antler Dust

Antler Dust begins with a bang. Two bangs. On the opening day of the hunting season in the Colorado Flat Tops wilderness, two men go missing. The first is a hunting guide. The second is a protester who believes his creative suicide will galvanize the animal rights movement.Hunting guide Allison Coil hears a distant rifle shot and sees just enough through the swirling snow to believe somebody knows something-and isn't coming forward. But what exactly did she see? Outfitter George Grumley blunts the formal investigation and works to discourage the persistent inquiries by Coil. Grumley knows no limits in the effort to protect his guide service, which caters to a swank clientele.

Who needs hunting regulations when technology can produce the quickest and most thrilling hunt that money can buy?

Mark Stevens grew up in Massachusetts. He was raised by two librarians. By law, he was required to grow up loving books. And writing. He writes the Allison Coil Mystery Series-Antler Dust, Buried by the Roan, Trapline, Lake of Fire, and The Melancholy Howl. Trapline won the Colorado Book Award for Best Mystery in 2016. Buried by the Roan and Lake of Fire were finalists for the same award. Kirkus Reviews called Lake of Fire "irresistible" and Craig Johnson, author of the Walt Longmire novels, said, "Mark Stevens writes like wildfire." Stevens was the 2016 Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers' Writer of the Year. He is past president of the Rocky Mountain chapter of Mystery Writers of America. Stevens also hosts a regular podcast, the Rocky Mountain Writer, for RMFW. Stevens currently lives in Mancos, Colorado. Mark Stevens grew up in Massachusetts. He was raised by two librarians. By law, he was required to grow up loving books. And writing. He writes the Allison Coil Mystery Series-Antler Dust, Buried by the Roan, Trapline, Lake of Fire, and The Melancholy Howl. Trapline won the Colorado Book Award for Best Mystery in 2016. Buried by the Roan and Lake of Fire were finalists for the same award. Kirkus Reviews called Lake of Fire "irresistible" and Craig Johnson, author of the Walt Longmire novels, said, "Mark Stevens writes like wildfire." Stevens was the 2016 Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers' Writer of the Year. He is past president of the Rocky Mountain chapter of Mystery Writers of America. Stevens also hosts a regular podcast, the Rocky Mountain Writer, for RMFW. Stevens currently lives in Mancos, Colorado.