How do you shine light on a killer who knows only darkness?
Deep in Washington State’s Hoh Rainforest, a young women is found dead, a single sprig of hemlock in her pale, lifeless hand. The killing suggests a ritualistic obsession. The crime scene leaves investigators without a lead.
As Special Agent Claire Anderson and FBI Task Force S.W.O.R.D. dig into the case, an early breakthrough hints at a motive too twisted to believe. But public pressure mounts as the media turns the Hemlock Killer into a nationwide sensation, fueled by damning leaks from inside Claire’s own investigation.
Who is leaking the details? And why?
With the killer always one step ahead and FBI Task Force S.W.O.R.D. fracturing under the strain, Claire must tread carefully. But each new discovery pulls her deeper into a darkness that feels endless.
Can her team stop the Hemlock Killer before another victim is claimed? Or will the darkness consume them all—including FBI Task Force S.W.O.R.D. itself?
Series List:
Book 1: The Fifth Victim
Book 2: We Forget Nothing
Book 3: Widows of Medina
Book 4: Beneath Hemlock Skies
How do you catch a killer who's already behind bars?
Sometimes the past is better left buried.
An elusive terrorist. A city on razor's edge. Twenty-four hours to stop a massacre.
It's not the fall that kills you.
Across the Pacific Northwest, a twisted killer stalks victims representing ancient archetypes: The Ruler. The Warrior. The Scholar. The Priest.
A thousand people watched. No one saw a thing.
Twenty years ago Brandon Penny was a criminal prodigy. Today, he’s a broken-hearted movie buff working a dead-end job. But everything is about to change.
She lived life online, her final post a cry for help. But the mists answered only with silence.
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