Series: Detective Madison Harper #7
Published by Bookouture on 5th April 2024
Format: eARC
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Also by this author: Who Cares If They Die, Where the Snow Bleeds, Won't You Save Me, Where the Snow Bleeds, The Girl Who Died, Who Cares If They Die, Shadow Falls, Cry for Help, Little Girl Taken, Gone to Her Grave, Catch Her Death, The Night She Vanished, Her Lonely Bones
The young girl trembles with fear as she stares at the gun pointed in her direction. She knows there’s no point in screaming. No one will hear her on the mountain. As thunder breaks overhead, she silently prays that someone will at least find her body so she can be returned to her parents.
Detective Madison Harper’s heart aches when she attends a local support group for families of missing people in Lost Creek, Colorado. She wishes she could help them all, but one cold case in particular captures her attention. Five years ago, close friends Becky, Tasha and Stuart hiked the infamous Grave Mountain. But only Stuart returned. He claims they were separated by a storm, but the town has never believed him. Convinced Stuart is hiding something, Madison vows to find out what really happened.
Just as Madison reopens the case, her blood runs cold when remains are discovered on the trail where the women were last seen. And when more bodies are discovered, Madison suspects she’s dealing with a serial killer who has used Grave Mountain as a dumping ground for years. How many more bodies are they about to unearth?
Then, the case takes an agonizing turn when someone close to Madison is found brutally murdered. As she gets closer to cracking the case, a tip-off leads her back to the mountain, and she knows that if she’s going to catch the killer, she has to hike it alone. But as another storm closes in, Madison realizes she may have just walked into a trap that means she’ll never make it off the mountain alive…
Oh my stars my heart was broken by this book.
So many careless acts of murder for no reason. My heart couldn’t cope with one of the deaths, it wasn’t fair.
I blitzed this straight from Her Lonely Bones as I just knew the story would continue from Doug and Nancy Draper but I didn’t expect this. I really can’t express how sad this book has made me. But my god it’s a damn good book. It’s intense and a rollercoaster of a ride and you are constantly feeling that ticking clock on your shoulders as more and more bodies start to show up. It was depraved and dark but so addictive.
I have no idea where Wendy gets these ideas but they are good. She has no qualms upsetting the reader that’s for sure! But she does it with love and care….
Madison and Nate have big plans and I am so excited for their future. They give me the warm fuzzies and I hope it means Nate will stay forever and ever and ever and ever and ever. Maybe Dean Mathison could move in too.
Itching as ever for the next one, and happy to give my child for it…ok maybe not, but I have 5 cats.
Until the next time xxx
Reading this book contributed to these challenges:
- 2024 Reading
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