Hunting Ground - Patricia Briggs - Paperback

Alpha and Omega, book 2 of 6, ongoing series

For hundreds of years, werewolves have kept their existence hidden from all but a select few humans. But, if the packs agree, the time for keeping secrets might be over.

Anna and Charles have been sent to the wolves' conclave in Seattle to keep the peace. But when Jean Chastel, the leader of the French werewolves, goes after Anna, Charles can't control himself. Chastel survives the vicious fight that ensues, but when he's discovered murdered that night, Charles is the prime suspect. And the penalty for murder is a fellow werewolf is death.

Now Anna has only days to clear her partner's name. She knows Charles is innocent, but if he didn't do it, who did?