Sandra West Prowell (1944–2015)

"March is a raw, unpredictable month in Montana, winds howling across the Canadian border to bring frigid temperatures and dump their burden of snow on the High Plains. March also brings heavy emotional weather for Billings P.I. Phoebe Siegel, whose brother Ben shot himself to death three years ago in his police cruiser.
As Phoebe prepares to shut down her office for the month, a prospective client comes who won't take no for an answer. Phoebe is about to send her packing when Mary Kuntz show more plays her trump card: Three years ago her daughter filed a complaint against Ben Siegel. Two days later he was dead. Now Phoebe wants answers of her own, and the search sets her on a trail of death that will turn the snows of a Montana March bright red..." jacket notes.
A pretty good read, first in a mystery series with Phoebe Siegel. show less