Bum Steer — Nancy Pickard

Hours after the Port Frederick, Massachusetts, Civic Foundation got wind of an imminent, highly unusual bequest-a $4 million Kansas cattle ranch-director Jenny Cain hopped a flight heading west. She arrived at the hospital room of the Foundation's mysterious, gravely ill benefactor, Charles W "Cat" Benet IV, to find he was already dead. Murdered.

Yet out on the Crossbones Ranch, Jenny was unexpectedly content. Maybe it was the wide open spaces. Or maybe it was ranch hand Quentin Harlan, with his deep blue eyes and old-fashioned charm.... Suddenly, Jenny had to concentrate hard on missing her dear husband Geof and Cape Cod Bay. And she had to remember that Quentin Harlan just might be Cat Benet's killer--although Cat's estranged daughters, unhappy ex-wives, and their jealous second husbands left plenty of room for suspicion!