Full Curl

July 15, 2017
A Canadian park warden's investigation of hunters poaching on park lands runs deeper than she ever dreamed.Protecting Canada's natural areas is the passion of Banff National Park Warden Jenny Willson, whose years of experience have prepared her for most of what she's seen on the job--until she finds evidence that poachers have begun to use the national parks for trophy hunting. At the same time, Bernie Eastman, who runs a business guiding hunters and who's under pressure to earn extra cash, can find no better helper than Charlie Clark, an older man Eastman would describe as a loser if he didn't rely so much on him to serve the needs of his wealthy clients. As Jenny uses her social network along with Bill Forsyth, a new hire who's still a work in progress, in an attempt to tie Eastman to the crimes, Eastman himself gets more adept at hiding his trail. Forsyth wants to help as best he can until he learns how much of the job is paperwork and red tape. Nor is Jenny's dedication to tracking the perps shared by her superiors. Through a monthslong investigation, Jenny prepares a takedown of Eastman that will be supported as much by her care for the natural world as by evidence. But she may not be prepared for all the messy business dealings of Charlie and Eastman, whose wrongdoings go far beyond the parks' borders. Butler's strong debut shows a powerful heroine determined to bring a nasty but fully fleshed-out set of baddies to justice.

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September 15, 2017
Jenny Willson is a park ranger at Banff National Park in Alberta. One day, while carrying out her routine duties, she comes across a dead elk whose antlers have been removed. A few weeks later she finds the corpse of a bighorn sheep whose entire head is gone. Suspecting that an organized group of poachers is behind the incidents, she plunges into an investigation that will put her up against a wealthy Mexican businessman with a rather bizarre desire (he wants trophies from every major game species in the world ) and will put her own life at risk. Using shifting points of viewsome chapters are from the villain's perspective, others from Jenny'sthe author tells a moving and suspenseful story that should please all mystery readers, but especially those for whom the subject of poaching and illegal hunting is a special interest. This is the first in a proposed new series, and if this one's any indication, it could be a series readers will follow for a long time.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2017, American Library Association.)