Bearskin
(Book)

Rick Moore is thinking his troubles are behind him. He has taken a job as caretaker for a remote forest preserve in Virginia, tracking wildlife and refurbishing cabins. It is perfect for hiding from the Mexican drug cartels he betrayed back in Arizona. But when he finds the carcass of a bear killed on the grounds, his quiet life is upended. He partners with his predecessor, a scientist who hopes to continue research on the preserve, and together they try to stop the killings. The undertaking is far more dangerous than they anticipated--they have hostile altercations with the locals, black marketeers, and even the law. When Rice's carefully constructed anonymity is blown up, he has to find more ways to escape his past. [From publisher's description]