After reading Conundrum, an unpublished manuscript by novelist Herman Mitchell, movie producer Linda Mercer offers him a contract, eager to make the murder mystery into a major motion picture. While filming outside the small western town of Baxter, Wyoming, a chartered plane crashes high and deep within the nearby mountains, and a popular talk show host is found unconscious, clinging to life in the cold wilderness. Pine County Sheriff Ben Patterson and his deputy, Jill Corbett, team up to track the injured copilot when murder strikes again in Baxter. In searching for the killer, the rape of a local woman and disappearance of a young man prove that secrets of the town have come back to haunt them. Beyond Baxter is packed with suspense, mystery and romance. It is filled with a diverse cast of characters and a plot that will keep you guessing until the very end.