Flying over the flat, tree-covered top of Weeks Mountain in the foothills of the High Sierras on Sunday afternoon in the fall of 1983, Pat and Leslie Halston spot the perfect place to build a landing strip of their own. After persuading old Mr. Weeks to sell the land to him, Pat clears the mountaintop for his landing strip and a repair hangar. They name the place The Aerie and make it their home. Gradually, eleven other couples join them on the mountain, and The Aerie becomes a community. Personality differences cause friction among some of the residents but then one of them turns up dead. Can the people living in The Aerie figure out which one of them is the killer before it s too late? In this mystery novel set in an Air Park, the people of The Aerie must determine who the killer among them is in order to protect their unique community."