New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017].

Book

First edition.

414 pages ; 24 cm.

English

9780062424969, 0062424963, 9780062424969 (hbk.), 0062424963 (hbk.)

On a bright and crisp September morning, while walking a bucolic woodland trail, Rina Decker stumbles upon human remains once buried deep beneath the forest grounds. Immediately, she calls her husband, Peter, a former detective lieutenant with LAPD, now working for the local Greenbury Police. Within hours, a vista of beauty and tranquility is transformed into a frenetic crime scene. The body has been interred for years and there is scant physical evidence at the gravesite: a youthful skeleton, a skull wound and long dark strands of hair surrounding the bony frame. As Decker and his partner, Tyler McAdams, further investigate, they realize that theyre most likely dealing with a missing student from the nearby Five Colleges of Upstate, a well-known and well-respected consortium of higher learning where Rina works. And when more human remains are found in the same area, Decker and McAdams know this isnt just a one-off murder case. Short-staffed and with no convenient entry into the colleges, Decker enlists Rinas help to act as the eyes and ears of campus gossip. Winding their way through a dangerous labyrinth of steely suspects and untouchable academics, Decker, McAdams, and Rina race to protect their community from a psychopathic killer still in the areaand on the hunt for a fresh victim.

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