"Bestselling author and Edgar Award finalist Brian Freeman delivers a chilling tale of psychological suspense set in the dead cold of a Minnesota winter..."
Lieutenant Jonathan Stride knows his partner Maggie Bei is in trouble when she reports a deadly crime on a bitter winter night. She's obviously hiding a terrible secret. And her silence only feeds suspicion. But Maggie isn't the only one keeping secrets. A seductive young woman has disappeared, leaving behind a stash of lurid fantasies and a cryptic message. "I know who it is," Now it's up to Stride and his lover, homicide cop turned private investigator Serena Dial, to uncover a sordid web of violence and voyeurism that someone is willing to kill to keep hidden. Meanwhile, a predator with a vicious past is hunting them both--with a terrifying plan for revenge on the frozen lakes of Duluth...
"A perfect blend of psychological suspense and crime fiction."--"Chicago"" Tribune"
"Chilling and heart-thumping.""--Minneapolis StarTribune"
"Crammed with twists and studded with sex and violence; a mysterious, even mystical, sense of place; and a well-crafted set of characters."-- "Publishers Weekly"
Lieutenant Jonathan Stride knows his partner Maggie Bei is in trouble when she reports a deadly crime on a bitter winter night. She's obviously hiding a terrible secret. And her silence only feeds suspicion. But Maggie isn't the only one keeping secrets. A seductive young woman has disappeared, leaving behind a stash of lurid fantasies and a cryptic message. "I know who it is," Now it's up to Stride and his lover, homicide cop turned private investigator Serena Dial, to uncover a sordid web of violence and voyeurism that someone is willing to kill to keep hidden. Meanwhile, a predator with a vicious past is hunting them both--with a terrifying plan for revenge on the frozen lakes of Duluth...