Octavo (21 cm), pp. 172. Advance uncorrected proof. Gray paper wrappers with blacktype. Publisher's label glued to inside of front cover, typewritten "Advance Report from the Editors" stapled to free front endpaper. Spine is creased and faded. This is Guthrie's third novel in the Sheriff Chick Charleston mystery series: "The temperature in Midbury, Montana, is hovering at 40 below zero, wolves are howling, and the town is smoldering with a strip-mining debate that quickly exceeds the bounds of polite discussion. The ranchers are not about to see their land destroyed, and as the miners’ trailers roll into town the tension rises." (University of Nebraska Press)