Footprints were scattered like falling leaves. He looked down in the ravine, and once more filled his lungs with fear. Keep a body in bushes, black and stable.
When Ruth Turner walks into the sheriff's office in Port Townsend of Jefferson County claiming her sister Ida Watson has been missing for more than a month, Detective Megan Carpenter instincts to tell her she needs to file more than just a report.
Racing to IDA's secluded farmhouse in the hills above Snow Creek, Megan finds ida's teenage children alone and horrified. He can't help but notice there's no TV. No video games. Nothing of the outside world. Watson doesn't add anything about the family.
A woman's body is then discovered in an abandoned pickup truck close to Watson's home and Megan's reassuring cases are linked.
If he has any chance of catching the killer, Megan must first unravel the mysteries of the isolated Ice Creek community.
But Megan has her own dark secret too. Hidden behind her closet thirteen years ago is a box of tape containing every single recording of her therapy session. Can he finally cope trying to block out the past he's spent years? And will his own painful story relive help him solve the complicated case before another innocent life is lost?
From the number-one New York Times and Amazon charts bestselling author, comes an absolutely heart-stopping and completely unputdownable crime series, detective Megan Carpenter introduced.
When Ruth Turner walks into the sheriff's office in Port Townsend of Jefferson County claiming her sister Ida Watson has been missing for more than a month, Detective Megan Carpenter instincts to tell her she needs to file more than just a report.
Racing to IDA's secluded farmhouse in the hills above Snow Creek, Megan finds ida's teenage children alone and horrified. He can't help but notice there's no TV. No video games. Nothing of the outside world. Watson doesn't add anything about the family.
A woman's body is then discovered in an abandoned pickup truck close to Watson's home and Megan's reassuring cases are linked.
If he has any chance of catching the killer, Megan must first unravel the mysteries of the isolated Ice Creek community.
But Megan has her own dark secret too. Hidden behind her closet thirteen years ago is a box of tape containing every single recording of her therapy session. Can he finally cope trying to block out the past he's spent years? And will his own painful story relive help him solve the complicated case before another innocent life is lost?
From the number-one New York Times and Amazon charts bestselling author, comes an absolutely heart-stopping and completely unputdownable crime series, detective Megan Carpenter introduced.