Cats sweetheart, Seth, is going all out on an outing into the local mountainsfor the benefit of the writing group Cats hosting at her Colorado B&B. But when they try to identify some plant and animal life, they find death instead. The body belongs to a man with a gold claim a few miles away. Instead of striking it rich, hes been struck down. To his surprise, Seth recognizes the victim from his military daysand up to now believed hed already died during his last tour of duty. Now Cat has to solve this mystery before the killer takes a hike . . .