This is a menacing and unsettling thriller set against a mysterious winter landscape that reflects the cold heart of a serial killer. Against a backdrop of small-town life, O'Connell shows us a place where everyone believes they know each other's secret histories and where suspicion and mistrust bloom like rank weeds. O'Connell allows us to eavesdrop on the harrowing tribulations of two kidnapped girls and as the hunt intensifies, it becomes clear that everyone involved has their own agenda.
Self-justification, revenge, even love, have their strange and twisted roles to play in this heart-stopping novel of intelligence and suspense.
