William Morrow
August 2017
On Sale: July 25, 2017
384 pages ISBN: 0062424971 EAN: 9780062424976 Kindle: B01GCCT48I Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint) Add to Wish List
On a crisp September morning, while walking a bucolic
woodland trail, Rina stumbles upon human remains once buried
deep beneath the forest floor. Immediately, she calls her
husband, Peter Decker, a former detective lieutenant with
the LAPD now working for the local Greenbury Police. The
body has been interred for years and there is scant physical
evidence at the gravesite: a youthful skeleton, a skull
wound, and long, dark strands of hair surrounding the bones.
As Decker and his partner, Tyler McAdams, investigate
further, they realize that they’re most likely dealing with
a missing student from the nearby Five Colleges of Upstate—a
well-known and well-respected consortium of higher learning.
And when more human remains are found in the same area,
Decker and McAdams know this isn’t just a one-off murder
case. Short-staffed and with no convenient entrée into the
colleges, Decker enlists Rina’s help to act as his eyes and
ears on campus. Winding their way through a dangerous
labyrinth of steely suspects and untouchable academics,
Decker, McAdams, and Rina race to protect their community
from a psychopathic killer still in the area—and on the hunt
for a fresh victim.