In this next installment of New York Times
bestselling author Kate White’s Bailey Weggins series, true
crime writer Bailey is reporting on a seemingly
straightforward missing-wife story when she realizes she
might be covering the work of a diabolical serial killer—and
that her own life could be in peril.
Must be blonde, beautiful, and a good Catholic girl…
On a sunny fall morning, Shannon Blaine sets off on a jog
along the rural roads near her home in Lake George, New
York. It’s her usual routine after dropping the kids off at
school…except on this day she never returns. The residents
in the idyllic town are stunned. Could Shannon have just
taken off, overwhelmed with the pressures of being the
perfect wife and mother? Did a stranger snatch her? Or is
her husband responsible?
The hot new online magazine Crime Beat calls Bailey
Weggins to cover the case, and it doesn’t take long for her
to see that it has far more suspects than she initially
realized: a bitter sister, an unfaithful brother-in-law, an
evasive deacon, and a creepy local motel owner. When an
anonymous caller reaches out to Bailey with the cryptic clue
that Shannon was a “good Catholic girl,” it leads Bailey to
the grisly discovery of the missing woman’s body—but,
stunningly, other bodies are there alongside hers.
Everything about the case suddenly shifts as Shannon’s
murder appears to be the work of a serial killer with a very
specific calling card. As the killer continues to drop hints
her way, Bailey sets out to expose his identity before
another woman perishes . . . especially if that woman is
Bailey herself.