CHAPTER ELEVEN
Mackenzie, Timbrook, Waverly, and Petry all stood around a table just outside of the evidence room at the back of the Jackson Hole police station. Everything they had found from the area where Mandy Yorke’s body had been found was spread out on the table. The orange belay device had been included, recently tagged and catalogued by Petry.
Looking at the ropes Mandy had been using when she died, Mackenzie felt her theory snap into place and prove itself correct. She picked up the rope and fed it through her hands until she came to a knot she had seen a few times but had never employed herself.
“This knot…it’s referred to as a Munter hitch. It’s sort of a failsafe rope—complicated to make but simple to use. But climbers typically only use it when there’s no other options. It
