"Oh, the ...joys of living...the cool silver shock of the plunge in a pools living waters." Robert Browning

Boundary Waters is a canoe area on the Canadian/American border.

Cork O'Connor, the former sheriff of Aurora, Minn. is asked to find a young country and western singer who has disappeared.

Shiloh is the daughter of William, "Arkansas Willie," Raye, a former country and western singer who is gay and now manages Sholoh's record company. Shiloh had been sending weekly letters to Willie but they suddenly stopped. He tells Cork that she had been depressed and wanted a place of seclusion but a winter storm is coming and Willie's worried.

Federal police are also looking for Shiloh because she may have been a witness to her mother's murder by an Italian gangster, Vincent Benedetti, who owns a casino in Las Vegas. Apparently, Shiloh had a type of amnesia and couldn't remember the details of her mother's murder but now, Shiloh's memory is returning.

A studio musician named Elizabeth Dobson, claims that she has letters from Shiloh with some valuable information in them. Dobson told a reporter. Now, Dobson has been murdered and police think that it's because of the letters.

The federal police seem suspicious but maneuver a young Indian American boy and the boy's father to help find Shiloh.

We see one of the author's themes at play with members of the federal government taking advantage of Native Americans by threats and intimidation.

The plot driven novel gives the reader the chance to see the resourcefulness of Cork O'Connor as he leads the search party.

Also in the search party is a ten year old American Indian, Louis Two Knives, who is a well mannered boy, learned about the wilderness area from his grandfather. Louis is actually the trail leader and relates stories about the Indian history and traditions to pass the time as the group searches for Shiloh.

I enjoyed the story and gave it a higher rating due to the descriptions of the area and Indian history.

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