State investigator Harold Little Feather delves into the mystery of the sudden appearance of menacing scarecrows in town and the claim of a little girl that one chased her.

A follow-up to The Royal Wulff Murders finds fly fisherman and private detective Sean Stranahan tackling two assignments including the theft of a valuable fly and the murders of two men who have been found on Sphinx Mountain, cases with possible ties to local superstitions and powerful adversaries.