A shot rings out.
But this is a thoroughly modern story with a little sex, lots of humor, a sidekick with a Brooklyn accent, and a plot that twists, turns, and deepens much like the mighty Yukon River..
There are Mounties and mountain men, grizzlies and wolves, Inuit and people of the First Nations, impostors and predatory entrepreneurs.
When she finally uncovers the piece of evidence that ties everything together, she is forced to run for her life.
The Yukon Grieves for No One invites the reader to revisit the land of Jack London.
Each of Lydia\'s journeys yields new revelations and each revelation puts her in greater danger.
A remote gravel road carries her into the high Arctic of the Northwest Territories and into the orbit of an unscrupulous and dangerous business man.
She and her battered skiff ride the waves and riffles of the Yukon River.
Lydia\'s search for answers carries her many miles through the magnificent landscapes of the Canadian north.
But her friend Frank\'s death and the frustrating riddles he leaves behind make her a witness to an ever-widening conspiracy born of greed, deceit, and betrayal.
She is seeking the peace and solitude that only her special sanctuary can offer.
When American Lydia Falkner returns to her Yukon River cabin, she is unemployed, broke, and grieving for her father.
Four hundred miles away Frank Johnson, a Yukon Territory homesteader, is killed and buried in his own trash pile.
A skiff is rammed by a large power boat and an old, Inuit seal hunter sinks into the icy waters of the Arctic Ocean.
A shot rings out
