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In the autumn of 1915, Shaw Tucker, his sibling, Wayne, and their sons, go on a hunting trip to the derelict farm his stepfather experienced bought years before. Rather than a quail, Shaw's dog, Buttercup, retrieves an old shoe with the bones of a foot inside. Buttercup then leads the men to a shallow grave and a skeleton with a bullet gap in the skull. After they are settled that night time in their tents, Shaw awakens to visit a pair of moccasin-clad feet strolling by his tent flap. He chases the intruder, that has vanished so completely that Shaw miracles if he imagined seeing anyone. Had he also imagined the ghostly words that called his name? After he comes back home, Shaw can't tremble the memory space of the disembodied feet and the ghostly words. His concern is justified when he realizes that someone-or something-has followed him home. His dread converts to relief when he captures a Creek Indian young man who says his name is Crying Blood vessels. The boy experienced followed Shaw, hoping to find the white-haired man who wiped out his sibling. Shaw ties up the young man in the barn, but through the few minutes he is left alone, someone thrusts a spear through Crying Blood's heart. Who murdered the young man right under Shaw's nasal? Regulations is on the killer's trail, but Shaw Tucker has a hunch about the identification of the white-haired man who called his name, and he formulates an idea. Shaw's partner, Alafair, is the only person who might be able to forestall his dangerous plan. So when the ability arises, Shaw transmits her over a wild goose run after. When she is out of the way, he models out to confront the killer. Sometimes a man must take issues into his own hands.... A Poisoned Pencil Press Mystery
