When the Flood Falls. J.E. Barnard

Small-town thriller set in the oil-rich near-wilderness outside Calgary Builds a psychological drama as the sleuth's traumatized friend thinks she's being threatened by a nighttime prowler no one else has heard. When flooding threatens to leave them cut off from civilization, their struggle against an unseen stalker kicks into high gear. The three main characters, Lacey, Dee, and Jan, are all trying to heal from illness and injury Sleuth Lacey McCrae suffers from PTSD from her RCMP career and is recovering from her marriage to an abusive ex-husband Author has a background in psychology, including PTSD education and volunteering with abused women