Deep in the secluded regions of Tennessee is The Lodge, a resort that caters to the wealthy, its "what happens at The Lodge stays at The Lodge" reputation making it a popular spot for those with secrets to keep. Unfortunately, The Lodge has its own grisly secrets, secrets that FBI agent Quentin Hayes is determined to bring to light. A member of Noah Bishop's Special Crimes Unit, Quentin knows the time is right to find the answers to questions that have haunted him for the past 20 years.

Diana Brisco has always known she was different. There isn't a medication or therapy she hasn't tried from the time she was a young child, but still she can't stop the nightmares, the visions, the voices that only she hears. Medication-free after years of using mind-numbing drugs prescribed by well-meaning doctors, coming to The Lodge is the latest therapy attempt to curb what she believes is mental illness. Quentin knows Diana isn't mentally ill, knows that she's part of the puzzle, part of the key, to unlocking the horrors of The Lodge.

With Quentin's guidance, Diana slowly comes to realize she has a rare gift, the ability to communicate with the dead, to walk among the dead in the gray time between life and death. And the dead of The Lodge want to be heard, demand to be heard, and are determined to stop the evil that's lived at The Lodge and killed at The Lodge for years.

Wow! Hooper has crafted a spine-tingling, sleep-with-the- lights-on thriller in CHILL OF FEAR. Each of her Special Crimes Unit books gets a little bit better, a little bit scarier, and this one is no exception. Quentin and Diana are a fabulous pairing, each trying to deal with childhood traumas that shaped the adults they are, while trying to cope with present-day horrors that threaten their very existence. The evil of The Lodge and its manifestation is frightening in its implacability. CHILL OF FEAR...it's here!