Dang near dead

By Nancy Glass West

Subjects: Attempted murder, Fiction, Dude ranches

Description: Aggie and Meredith coerce Detective Sam into sharing their vacation incognito at a dude ranch. While they frolic with dudes, wranglers, and marksmen, Aggie gives her column readers tips on how to stay young and fresh in summer. Aggie and friends get a crash course on oil drilling, water shortages and the perils of bequeathing land. Crimes past and present suck them into a snake pit of deception, and Aggie discovers that Home on the Range means murder.