Belated justice can be the most satisfying. For almost ten years, Nikki Drake struggled to deal with her sister's mysterious disappearance. When another teen vanishes from the same riding stable, the details are too eerily similar to ignore, and she vows to uncover the truth. No longer a child but a newly minted private investigator, she has additional weapons in her arsenal now, including a re-homed police dog and an enigmatic detective with ties to the horse stable. However, digging into her sister's case erodes old trusts and brings dark secrets bubbling to the surface. And this time they could be fatal...for her.

Local police aren’t very concerned when fourteen-year-old Billy Tanner fails to finish his community service at their stable. Tossing a firebomb at a police horse isn’t something they can easily forgive. But when the boy’s frantic grandmother asks PI Nikki Drake to hunt for her missing grandson, it’s a call for help Nikki can’t ignore. Her search takes her to the backwoods of California where a serial killer is pursuing his own brand of justice. Yet time is not on her side…or Billy’s. Note: This book was originally released by Kindle Worlds but has been rewritten and republished by Westerhall books.

Some horse stables are remote for a reason… Private investigator Nikki Drake thought she was following her vet’s orders by taking her K9 partner to an isolated log cabin deep in the wilds of California. But Gunner doesn’t understand he’s in rehab and his remarkable nose leads to a gruesome discovery. When both the local police and a powerful stable owner brush off her find, she does some digging of her own. Soon she is on the run, with both a terrified groom and a pricey racehorse in tow. The more she learns about the sinister owner, the more she realizes there is more at stake than getting a vulnerable horse to the starting gate. And the clock is ticking. “Diving into a Bev Pettersen book is always a delicious treat!” Lori Ryan, New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author