Baited

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When Glacier National Park trails laborer Clancy Dyer discovers her coworker Ezra missing and his tent apparently shredded by a bear, she alerts district ranger Mack Savage, who mounts a search and rescue.

As they investigate Ezra's disappearance, Mack and Clancy unearth a growing tangle of misdeeds and betrayals. Set amidst Glacier's fierce beauty,Baited grapples with personal loss, multiple suspicious deaths, controversial emotions surrounding the treatment of grizzly bears, and what it means to behave honorably in an unjust world.

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Colleen OBrienearned her MFA in Creative Writing from The University of Montana. She taught English at Blackfeet Community College in Browning, MT and worked summers for the park service for several years. Her stories and essays have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. She and her husband own and operate small businesses in the hamlet of East Glacier Park, MT. She lives with her family near Glacier Park.Baitedis her first novel and was earlier awarded the Michael Kenneth Smith Fellowship at Porches Writing Retreat in Virginia.