Bear Valley

'ZAP,' a tattoo on a body buried deep in the woods, triggers Matt Harper's most daunting case. Those three letters lead to an unusual and unlikely cast of characters, locales and events:
A Gilbert & Sullivan comic opera, a high-stakes poker game, the heads of the Norwegian mafia, a released murderer, a victim everyone seemed to hate . . . and scores of suspects.
The trail leads to the wilds of Bear Valley, the Magic Lake Casino, the University of Minnesota campus, Greek Row, and Mills Hall.
With the help of Detectives Boris Becker and Darren Holmes, Harper connects three motives with just enough clues to point to the killer. The result is a dangerous and explosive confrontation.