"Someone found out about a painting that Albert Bierstadt left in Estes Park in the 1870s. Someone who's willing to break into summer homes looking for it, and murder anyone who gets in the way. Many of those homes lie inside Rocky Mountain National Park, which means it's up to Ranger Tim McIntyre to find out who the searcher is, why they will kill for it, and where the Bierstadt painting's hidden. Luckily the park ranger can enlist the assistance of his glamorous detective friend, Miss Vi Coteau"--
I really liked this mystery. I love the way the characters are developing and the possibilities for books for come, based on what happens in this story.
Someone (or two, but not friends) are checking remote mountain cabins for a valuable painting. One of them is found murdered. The painting is well-hidden, though, and despite Ranger Tim McIntyre's ingenuity and resources, he can't find it, either.
There is a lot of action, another death, a neat ending. What's not to love?