Pinecrest Ranch, to judge by what Van had seen of it, was a mix of Hong Kong and Hollywood Western. Mrs. DeFanti, the zillionaire’s fourth or fifth wife, was the guardian of the old man and his big spread. Mrs. DeFanti was turning his Ponderosa into a bonsai Chinese ranchero. She was dusting the buffalo, she was grooming the antelope . . . She was a chip mogul’s daughter from Taiwan, and she was re-creating Colorado as a Pacific Rim luxury spa.