He thought he was checking out illegal logging in the Idaho mountains-until he found a German Shepherd locked in a frozen cage, staring at him like it had been waiting for exactly one person

listened the same way, one hand resting on the back of a chair, gaze moving occasionally to the dog.

Atlas watched the sheriff’s hands. Not his face. His hands.

“We’ve had trouble up that way,” Ray said. “Nothing that turns into a clean case. Poachers. Timber disappearing off state parcels. Folks hear trucks at night, then nobody can remember enough continue reading …