copyright 2018; Viking publishers; signed/inscribed by Keith McCafferty on title page (pic); hardbound; very good condition with unmarked pages; dust jacket very good.
 
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When scarecrows appear in the cliffs above Montana's famous Smith River and a little girl reports being chased by one in the night, state investigator Harold Little Feather is brought in to find the culprit.  Are the menacing effigies related to a copper-mining project that threatens the purity of the Smith? That's Harold's initial suspicion, but his investigation takes an ominous turn when a decapitated body is found in the river. 

As Harold's search leads him back in time through the canyon's history...