Hemlock Needle — Keenan Powell

In Anchorage, Alaska, Yup'ik Eskimo chief financial officer and single mother, Esther Fancyboy, walks out of a party and into a blizzard. She is never seen again, leaving behind a seven-year-old son, Evan. The local cops say she'll come home when she's done partying, but family friend Maeve Malloy doesn't think it's that simple. She goes looking for Esther just as she's getting bad news of her own, a career-ending accusation.When Esther's body turns up in a snow berm and a witness is shot to death in front of Maeve, she suspects Evan might be in danger. Maeve must race against time to save the boy--along with her career, and maybe her life.