Autumn Laighton swore she'd never set foot in Hemlock Ridge again. At eighteen, she fled the Appalachian town with a single goal-forget the night that shattered her life. Now, over a decade later, she's a criminal psychologist living in Seattle, a woman who hunts monsters for a living.
But some monsters, she learns, you can't outrun.
When a series of brutal murders surfaces in Hemlock Ridge-each victim bearing an unsettling resemblance to Autumn-she's dragged back to the nightmare she ran from. The mist-soaked roads. The haunting mountains. The memories that still stalk her.
Coming face-to-face with people from her past, Autumn is thrust into an intense investigation where every clue feels like a message directly to her. Every shadow holds a memory she's tried to bury. As the secrets unravel, one truth rises from the dark:
The past hasn't resurfaced by accident.And now that Autumn has returned, the killer is ready for the final act-a hunt that began years ago and ends with her.
Hemlock Ridge has always had a heartbeat.
Now, it's calling her name.