Professor, poet and trail cook Lee Squires is drawn to the mountains, and cannot pass up the opportunity to concoct vegetarian dishes for a llama-riding excursion to Lost Pipe Lake in Montana's high country. But things turn unfriendly when Los Angeles land developer Charlie Herron joins the group. St. Martin's Press.
I found this one on a plane, when I didn't want to read more of Three Cups of Tea. The mystery itself wasn't very interesting, and all the "character" and "atmosphere" elements weren't really my style. I didn't care about the main character's relationship problems with her adulterous boyfriend, and the Native American angle was handled very superficially. It was like the author assumed everyone already cares about the mistreatment of Native Americans, so she didn't have to try very hard to make it interesting. On the bright side, there were llamas. I love llamas!