Getting ready for the summer crowds that she knows will descend on Jackson Hole, Wyoming---and hoping they are in the mood to buy some of the fine art available for sale in her gallery on the Square---Alix takes some time to do a litlle white-water kayaking before settling in for business. Aside from a nasty dumping in the river, everything is as it should be until she gets back to town and discovers the fire that has destroyed her friend Eden's struggling gallery. What's worse is the discovery of the body in the ruins, tentatively identified as that of Ray Tantro. He'd had a brilliant career as an artist and was making a comeback with a show at Eden's gallery. -front flap