The Deepest Water (Kate Wilhelm)

This beautifully written mystery novel starts quietly and gently, but builds to a tense and surprising climax. A young woman's much-beloved father was murdered at his isolated cabin in the mountains, and she is drawn into a convoluted chain of evidence and speculation leading, finally, to justice. The characters are sometimes one-sided (all good or all bad), but the plot progresses realistically and the story is compelling. I very much enjoyed this book and will read others by this author.