First published 2013
A blizzard pounds Tamarack County just before Christmas when searchers find a judge's wife's car empty on a back road. Cork O'Connor joins the rescue team, but the woman has vanished without a trace. The former sheriff turned private investigator spots troubling details others miss. When someone kills and decapitates his friend's dog, Cork sees connections to other recent crimes. The attacks escalate when his own son faces danger. Cork realizes someone is targeting people connected to a decades-old murder case he investigated as a deputy. An innocent man went to prison based on Cork's work. Now winter storms trap the county while a killer seeks revenge. Cork has hours to identify the threat before his family and friends pay for past mistakes. The darkest season brings the deadliest reckoning.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Tamarack County
Period: Christmas, Blizzard
309 pages · Hardcover · Atria Books