Lee Garrett's life as a bike-riding, dumpster-diving artist in Portland, Ore. is thrown into turmoil when his brother vanishes while camping on the coast, his tooth erupts with agonizing pain and he falls for the girl giving him a root canal. Fillings, a suspenseful literary mystery set in Portland and on the stunning Pacific Northwest coast, follows Lee in his obsessive search for clues to his brother's disappearance. Was there a terrible accident? Is his brother an eco-terrorist on the run from the law? Or was it something more sinister?About the Author: Dave Garlock grew up among the redwoods of Northern California, then moved to Portland to attend Reed College. He's lived there, writing and exploring the surrounding wilderness, ever since.