The snow-covered forest around her came into focus as her eyes snapped open. She couldn't remember how she had ended up here, and a dark figure was rushing towards her. Before she could scream, he was upon her.

When Sheriff Jenna Alton and her deputy, David Kane, received reports of a plane crash in the mountains surrounding Black Rock Falls, their hearts sank. Their friend's blonde-haired teenage daughter, Julie, had been on that flight. They would not rest until they brought Julie home to her distraught family.

Pushing forward through the encroaching blizzard, Jenna searched relentlessly until, beyond the snow-capped trees, she found the plane. Falling to her knees, she was met with the sight of lifeless bodies still buckled in their seats. But one passenger was missing – Julie had vanished.

Rushing into the remote forest, Jenna discovered footprints far too large to be Julie's around the crash site. Someone had been there before them. Following the tracks, Jenna's pulse quickened as she came upon the bodies of three young women, their long blonde hair cut, their faces lifted towards the sky, hanging from the tall pine trees, their limbs frozen.

When the victims were identified, Jenna noticed that each girl had had long blonde hair, just like Julie's, when they went missing. But now, their appearances had been permanently altered. Was a twisted killer targeting girls he could manipulate before their deaths? Could Julie be his next victim? With the snow piling up around them, Jenna had little time to find Julie alive. Could she track down this monster before he claimed another innocent life?

Readers of Lisa Regan, Melinda Leigh and Kendra Elliot will be captivated by this utterly addictive crime thriller from USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author D.K. Hood. Each Kane and Alton book can be enjoyed as part of the series or as a standalone.

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