First published 1992
Maggie Tressider wakes up in a hospital bed after crashing her car en route to a performance. The celebrated singer feels more than physical pain. A terrible certainty gnaws at her: she has caused someone's death. The memory remains locked away, but the guilt burns bright. Her doctor recommends a psychiatrist, but Maggie chooses Francis Killian instead. The private investigator accepts her unusual commission to hunt for a grave somewhere in Europe. His search connects him to Bunty Felse, who once worked alongside Maggie and married Inspector George Felse. Killian's investigation succeeds, yet this discovery marks just the start of their ordeal. The three must journey to a isolated region of the Austrian Alps, where multiple borders converge and old secrets surface. In this remote mountain territory, the past refuses to stay buried, and their pilgrimage toward truth leads to fresh violence.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: past-secrets, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Europe, Austrian Alps
Period: 20th-century
192 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Warner Futura
Content warnings: violence