''ONE ACCIDENTAL DEATH WOULD BE NEWSWORTHY. THREE IS AN ABSURDITY." Retired librarian Olema Marsh thinks a string of fatal accidents in her Eastern Sierra town of Barnstaple is more than suspicious, and when the sheriff doesn't agree, she asks Quill Gordon to investigate. Shortly after Gordon and his sidekick Peter Delaney arrive in Barnstaple, there's another 'accidental' death and a no-doubt-about-it murder. With the help of a Southern California...