Hunter's Heart Ridge by Sarah Stewart Taylor

Vermont State Police detective Franklin Warren and his assistant Walter "Pinky" Goodrich are called out to the Ridge Club, an old private fishing and hunting club for men, because former ambassador Bill Moulton has been shot to death. There are several high profile men staying at the lodge. Which one could have wanted Bill dead? As the winter weather begins to worsen, Warren and Pinky find themselves snowed in while trying to uncover the killer. Meanwhile, Warren's next-door neighbor, Alice, is having a dinner party and widow Sylvie Weber, another local resident, prepares for the birth of her fifth child. Hunter's Heart Ridge is the second book in Taylor's mystery series set in 1960's Vermont. A great choice for those who enjoy character-centered mysteries.