The End of Snow: Murder in Squaw Valley (Book 1 of the Laura Bailey Snow Science Mysteries)

Overview: Snow science shouldn't be this deadly! While checking out some puzzling early snow melt in the Sierra Nevada resort of Squaw Valley, snow scientist Laura Bailey finds herself involved in the disappearance of an environmental lawyer and her anti-fracking activist friend. No one seems to care enough about what happened to them, so it's up to Laura to search for answers. Using her combination of dogged persistence, snow science and skiing savvy she takes on the responsibility of finding out what happened to the missing women; what she discovers just might be the end of her.