Valley of the Lost Author:Vicki Delany A young woman lies dead, her body abandoned in the woods behind a woman's support center in Trafalgar, British Colombia. Nearby is a three month old baby. At first, Constable Molly Smith thinks the woman died of an overdose, but restraint marks around her wrists and ankles suggest that the victim, who'd been clean for more than a year, didn't w... more »illingly take the drugs that killed her.
While Molly's mother battles child services to kee; the infant out of foster care, Molly and her boss, Sergeant John Winters, try to identify the dead woman. But Ashley--no last name--doesn't have a paper trail. As a developer's controversial plans for a new resort test the bonds of her close-knit community, Molly races to find a killer hiding in their midst. . . before she becomes the next victim.« less