First published 2024
Will Trent and Sara Linton arrive at McAlpine Lodge for their honeymoon getaway. The remote mountain retreat promises the perfect escape from their demanding careers as GBI investigator and medical examiner. Their romantic plans shatter when a scream pierces the night air. Mercy McAlpine, the lodge manager, lies dead. A violent storm has washed out the only road, trapping everyone on the mountain. The killer walks among them. Will and Sara begin questioning the McAlpine family and fellow guests, but each conversation reveals new lies. Every person harbors secrets about their past, their relationships, their true reasons for being there. The couple must navigate this web of deception while a murderer prepares to kill again. Time runs short as they race to uncover decades of buried truth before their honeymoon becomes their final case.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: fast-paced, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: McAlpine Lodge
Period: present-day
464 pages · Hardcover · William Morrow
Content warnings: murder, violence