by C. J. Box
First published 2013
Gracie and Danielle Sullivan drive across a desolate Montana road to visit a friend. They never arrive. Their car disappears without a trace. Former police investigator Cody Hoyt has just lost his job and broken his sobriety after months of staying clean. His son and former partner Cassie Dewell convince him to search for the missing girls. Cody heads south toward the lonely highway where the sisters were last seen. Cassie uncovers a disturbing pattern. The Sullivan sisters are not the first young women to vanish in this area. A killer uses this vast landscape as his hunting ground. His cruelty matches his cunning. He may have accomplices. Time runs short for Gracie and Danielle. Cassie must overcome her inexperience and trust her instincts. Cody battles his personal demons while tracking a predator. The race against time becomes a fight for survival on an empty stretch of road where girls simply disappear.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: cat-and-mouse, race-against-time
Setting: Montana, United States
Period: contemporary
383 pages · Hardcover · Minotaur Books
Content warnings: murder, violence