When Glacier Park trails laborer Clancy Dyer discovers her coworker Ezra missing and his tent shredded, she alerts district ranger Mack Savage who launches a search and rescue mission that unearths a growing tangle of misdeeds and betrayals.
“Colleen O’Brien casts a wicked, believable spell of deceit and heartbreak, a burn of a tale that begins to bubble and hiss, and then rapidly boil over. Imagine taking a walk in the woods with friends who have heartbreaking and monumental secrets to tell. Now imagine those friends are in Montana and the intertwine of their communal stories will take you to the edge of a precipice. Like all good mysteries, this story will catch you up. Baited is an intricately plotted masterpiece. A stunning, edge-of-your-seat drama. An exquisite all night read.”
-Debra Magpie Earling, author of Perma Red and The Lost Journals of Sacajewea
“O’Brien has penned a lively, sure-footed novel that reads with the propulsive power of a whodunit, yet still manages to deftly traverse the tricky terrains of gender, class, race and community. Set in a small mountain town nestled up against the grandeur of Glacier National Park, Baited explores the wildness around us—and the wildness within.”
-Joe Wilkins, author of The Entire Sky and Fall Back Down When I Die
EVENTS
June 7, 2025 Bigfork Public Library Baited launch in conversation with Maggie Doherty 11-12 noon.
June 20, 2025 East Glacier Women’s Center, East Glacier, MT Signing & Celebration 5-7pm.
June 25, 2025 Glacier Park Lodge, East Glacier, MT Conversation, Reading & Signing 7-8pm.
June 28, 2025 Barnes & Noble, Kalispell, MT Signing 1-4pm.
July 9, 2025 Glacier Park Lodge, East Glacier, MT Conversation, Reading & Signing 7-8pm.
July 23, 2025 Glacier Park Lodge, East Glacier, MT Conversation, Reading & Signing 7-8pm.
July 31, 2025 Glacier Park Lodge, East Glacier, MT Reading & Signing 7-8pm.
August 14, 2025 Glacier Park Lodge, East Glacier, MT Reading & Signing 7-8pm.
October 16, 2025 Elk River Books, Livingston MT time to-be-determined.