THE INDIANS CALLED THE NEW YORK CATSKILLS ONTIORA - LAND IN THE SKY - A SACRED PLACEBut this quiet, laid-back, agrarian town of Birch Valley, tipping one small corner of the Catskill Mountain chain, has suddenly turned deadly. Before Samantha arrives home, Hattie, the one dissenting voice in the plans for a ski resort is struck down by a hit-and-run driver. She bleeds to death in the road outside Doc"s Animal Hospital. Why was Hattie so against the ski slope? Samantha believes Gram"s death was no accident, but no one wants to discuss it. How many people have to die before Samantha and college friend, Jonathan, find answers to the missing deeds, to the so-called "accidents"? Deadly Deeds is a suspense mystery with romance to sweeten the broth.