{"title":"Keith McCafferty","description":"Keith McCafferty is the survival and outdoor skills editor of Field \u0026amp; Stream, and the author of The Royal Wulff Murders, Dead Man's Fancy, and Crazy Mountain Kiss, which won the 2016 Spur Award for Best Western Contemporary Novel. Winner of the Traver Award for angling literature, he is a two-time National Magazine awards finalist. He lives with his wife in Bozeman, Montana.","products":[{"product_id":"the-gray-ghost-murders-paperback","title":"The Gray Ghost Murders - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCold Hearted River\u003c\/i\u003e, the sixth in the series, is now available. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Truly wonderful. . . . A mystery that unfolds with grace and humor against a setting of stunning beauty and danger.\" --Nevada Barr, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Anna Pigeon Mysteries \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gray Ghost Murders \u003c\/i\u003eis the second novel in the acclaimed Sean Stranahan mystery series\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFourteen months after moving to Montana, fly fisherman, painter, and sometime private detective Sean Stranahan is still sleeping in his office-cum-art-studio, but he's no longer a newcomer. He now knows the rivers and has a new sweetheart, Martinique. And when the bear-ravaged remains of two men are found on Sphinx Mountain, Sheriff Martha Ettinger once more turns to Stranahan for help in solving what smells like murder. Meanwhile, he's also been hired by a group of eccentric fishermen to find their valuable, and possibly stolen, Gray Ghost fly. Could the theft be connected to the gray ghosts haunting the mountain? To find out, Stranahan will cross paths, and arms, with some of the most powerful people in the Madison Valley.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369123086559,"sku":"9780143124382","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Uq_4yC28MZ9780143124382.webp?v=1789139201"},{"product_id":"dead-mans-fancy-paperback","title":"Dead Man's Fancy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe third novel starring Montana's favorite fly fisherman-cum-detective Sean Stranahan, for fans of Craig Johnson and C. J. 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With painter, fly fisherman, and sometimes private detective Sean Stranahan's help, Ettinger will follow clues that point to an animal rights group called the Clan of the Three-Clawed Wolf and to their svengali master, whose eyes blaze with pagan fire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In their most dangerous adventure yet, Stranahan and Ettinger find themselves in the crossfire of wolf lovers, wolf haters, and a sister bent on revenge, and on the trail of an alpha male gone terribly wrong.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369145204959,"sku":"9780143126133","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/8FrhFHemQj9780143126133.webp?v=1789139238"},{"product_id":"cold-hearted-river-paperback","title":"Cold Hearted River - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the sixth novel in the acclaimed Sean Stranahan mystery series, Montana's favorite detective finds himself on the trail of Ernest Hemingway's missing steamer trunk. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Keith McCafferty is a top-notch, first-rate, can't-miss novelist.\"\u003cbr\u003e--C.J. 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Inspired by a true story, \u003ci\u003eCold Hearted River\u003c\/i\u003e is a thrilling adventure, moving from Montana to Michigan, where a woman grapples with the secrets in her heart, to a cabin in Wyoming under the Froze To Death Plateau, and finally to the ruins in Havana, where an old man struggles to complete his life's mission one true sentence at a time.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369177120991,"sku":"9780143128885","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/LpJmunPf0X9780143128885.webp?v=1789139288"},{"product_id":"the-royal-wulff-murders-paperback","title":"The Royal Wulff Murders - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first novel in the clever and fast-paced Sean Stranahan Mystery Series.\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Death in Eden\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e the seventh in the series, is now available. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWhen a fishing guide reels in the body of a young man on the Madison, the Holy Grail of Montana trout rivers, Sheriff Martha Ettinger suspects foul play. 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With his signature wit and wry humor, McCafferty writes a pitch-perfect mystery that is as haunting as the Crazies.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369562341599,"sku":"9780143109051","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/yGdJYwVJdH9780143109051.webp?v=1789143382"},{"product_id":"a-death-in-eden-paperback","title":"A Death in Eden - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Keith McCafferty is a top-notch, first-rate, can't-miss novelist.\"\u003cbr\u003e--C.J. Box, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen scarecrows appear in the cliffs above Montana's famous Smith River and a little girl reports being chased by one in the night, state investigator Harold Little Feather is brought in to find the culprit. 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