In Pine Knot, Maine, lumber mill owner Winston Carrington has been murdered and the mill has been torched. His son, Daniel, has been summoned from New York City and State Police Investigator Quentin Price has been assigned to find the perpetrator. Daniel returns via a chartered flight that lands a hundred miles away from home. He is then driven home by a part-time preacher who has been asked to conduct the memorial service. The will is read and contains several surprises, most of which are inconvenient to both an angry widow and a young man with no intent to stay. Things change at the service. Quentin and an associate find leads not only to the fire and the murder but also stumble on the international smuggling of contraband. A mill hand is also arrested and his wife pulls an empty gun. But things are not as they seem. Quentin must return to Pine Knot because he's concerned he has the wrong man. And the Mountie always gets his man. And then there is Daniel and Elsie, Tyrone and Edna.If you're looking for a Christian mystery/love story, you might try SPLINTER!