“I was hired to solve Heather Logan’s murder. She disappeared eight years ago.” She gave Zoe the details, which included the discovery of Heather’s body two years after her disappearance, then the police recently finding the woman’s missing car.

“I need you to look at the Eagle County sheriff, Glen Carver. He was having an affair with Kade’s wife a few months before she died, might even have been seeing her when it happened.”

“So Heather was cheating.”

“That’s right. And Carver wasn’t the only one. Apparently, she was involved with half the guys in Coffee Springs and maybe some in Vail.”

“And Kade didn’t know?”

“Not at first. He didn’t want to believe it, I guess. Once he was sure, he filed for divorce. The night she packed up and moved out of the house was the night she disappeared and possibly the night she was murdered.”

Silence fell. “No wonder Kade’s gun shy.”

“Including you and me, that makes three of us.”

Zoe laughed. “Okay, I’ll get on it. Things are kind of busy at work right now, so it might take a while, but I’ll make it a top priority.”

“Thanks, Zoe, you’re the best.”

Zoe hung up the phone.

* * *

Kade returned to the ranch in time for supper. He’d found Conner Delaney, who now sported a dark shadow of beard along his jaw, and they’d talked about the security detail.

“I’ve got men patrolling the area twenty-four seven,” Conn said. “They’ll be watching for any sign of this guy—on foot, in a vehicle, or on horseback. I’ve shown my men a photo of Keller, so they know who they’re looking for. He shows up, we’ll be ready.”

Delaney was a professional, and it showed. The hands had all worked with Keller and would recognize him; they’d be watching for him too. “You see anything suspicious, I need to know.”

“Will do,” Conn said. The men who worked with him all wore camo, which was no big deal out here. Half the guys in Coffee Springs hunted in the fall, along with the passel of hunters who came up from Denver each year.

Delaney took off on an ATV, and Kade went in to join the men for supper, along with a couple of the security guys who had just come in off patrol. Ellie and Maria set out the food, a macaroni-and-cheese casserole made with baked ham. The guys served themselves and sat down at the table.

Kade fidgeted, anxious for the meal to be over so he and Ellie could be on their way to town.

“I’m going upstairs to change,” he said as soon as the men had walked out the door. “We’ll leave for the Elkhorn around seven, if that works for you.”

“Okay, I’ll be ready.”