A woman lies dead on an old logging road in Wisconsin, rifle in her hand. Deer season has just ended. It's possible she was hit by a stray bullet fired at a deer. But Kat thinks otherwise. Kat Johnson has retired after twenty years with the military police. Her new business, Northwoods Experiences, is a chance for women to gather and explore outdoor options from wildlife photography to fly fishing and bird watching. Each year she takes a group of women deer hunting. One of the women she trained to hunt now lies before her, and nothing about the scene suggests accidental death.

As Kat searches for the woman's killer, she discovers the victim is much more complicated than initially thought. She also discovers some think the killer is Kat herself.