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by Charlotte Stuart (Author)
Tlingit artifacts. A wounded bear. And a skeleton with a secret.
Irreplaceable Tlingit artifacts, including a 15'x 8' spruce Raven House screen, are stolen from a native village in Alaska in 1980. Their only police officer, Jonah St. Clair, investigates the theft and the disappearance of a local man who may have been involved. At the same time there's a wounded grizzly on the loose and an archeologist unearths the bones of a slave, a relic the villagers prefer to leave buried.
When one of the thieves absconds with most of the artifacts as well as the $500,000 paid for them, the others are determined to get both the artifacts and the money back. They threaten and assault several locals they suspect are connected to the betrayal. Can Jonah outwit the thieves before violence escalates? Can he recover the lost artifacts before they vanish forever?
In Tlingit legend, Raven was the cunning trickster whose mischief often led to trouble and disastrous shortcuts. Despite his flaws, he remained the symbol of hope, forgiveness, and sacrifice. But in this story, Raven's legacy is shrouded in betrayal, revenge, and death.
