Dan Martinez, twenty-eight, laid off from his job with a law firm in Portland, Oregon, decides to train for an off-road triathlon in rural Central Oregon. After a run, Dan comes to the back door of his childhood friend, Candy Winterpol, to find Candy&rsquo,s husband, Ken, barely conscious on his deck. , Dan and Candy help Ken into the kitchen and call 911. , When Detective Breuninger of the Deschutes County Sheriff&rsquo,s Department arrives with the medics, Dan and Candy realize they may be charged with attacking Ken (and ultimately murdering him when he dies that afternoon). Dan arranges a criminal attorney for Candy and protects himself using what he can remember from law school, where he studied business, not criminal, law. ,When a neighbor tells Dan he saw Dan&rsquo,s father in the vicinity, Dan decides he must protect his father, as well as Candy and himself, from arrest and possible conviction. Meanwhile, Dan&rsquo,s father disappears.Dan undertakes to protect Candy, his father, and himself by identifying other people who had reason to kill Ken. , He uncovers Ken&rsquo,s fraudulent business practices, his bribery of public officials, his early life as a drug dealer, and his bitter relationship with his previous wife. , When Dan delivers a host of suspects to Detective Breuninger, the detective arrests Dan himself in the hope of learning what Dan is trying to hide.Amy De Santis, twenty-three, attends the funeral of her landlord (Ken) and is accosted by his sister who sees a family resemblance. Amy believes Ken might be the father for whom she never had a name. , Amy meets Dan and finds they are both training for the same triathlon. , They eventually fall in love, though Dan is wary of a girl who stands to gain from Ken&rsquo,s estate.Dan finally identifies the murderer, who attempts to kill Dan, and fights the killer in a life and death struggle deep in the Oregon forest.The novel is narrated i
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