Brendan Prairie Author:Dan O'Brien From Booklist — This is not only a good suspense novel, it evokes well the landscape of South Dakota, a part of the West where environmental issues are hotly debated. A licensed falconer, widower Bill Malone once again meets Margaret Adamson, with whom he worked in the Park Service 25 years ago, and who is now lovingly releasing perigrine falcons... more » into the Rocky Mountains. Reunited, Bill and Margaret face a problem. Andy Anderson of Mountain Air Estates is mysteriously killed by a truck with faulty brakes. Because Bill vehemently opposed the development of his beloved prairie and because of his sometimes violent behavior, he is suspected of being involved. Together, love growing between them, Bill and Margaret are involved in a confrontation from which uncomfortable truths emerge.