The issue turns violent when cattle are shot and fences are cut. Things get even worse when two of the noisier environmentalists are murdered. Their deaths lead to a national media feeding frenzy that the likes have not been seen since O.J. stood trial. Gabe Du Pre, a local cattle inspector, agrees to help the FBI and the local sheriff in an effort to avert more killings. However he cannot stop a terrible storm from hitting the area, making the vicinity even more dangerous.
More deaths occur.
However, what concerns Gabe most is that one of his friends is probably the killer, forcing him to struggle with his own morality. WOLF, NO WOLF is an absorbing whodunit due to its extremely complex, but interesting story line that could come out of today's headlines. Gabe, in his third outing, is an interesting character, who will enchant readers. The ranchers and other native Montanans come across with conviction and are easily likeable. Peter Bowen's novel is for those mystery readers who are not rabid environmentalists.