The trail was supposed to lead to the missing. Instead, it leads straight into a nightmare.
When a young woman disappears near an abandoned mountain trail, investigator Junior O. Osiemi returns to Blackridge-a place filled with painful memories and secrets that were never meant to surface.
Then the bodies are found.
As the investigation pushes deeper into the isolated wilderness, a terrifying pattern emerges. Someone has been using the mountains as a hunting ground, stalking women through the forest and exploiting wildfires, storms, and chaos to conceal the crimes.
With a skilled search dog helping uncover a trail others have missed, Junior discovers that the disappearances stretch back years-and may be connected to Junior's own family history.
Someone in Blackridge knows the truth. Someone has spent years protecting it. And the closer Junior gets to finding the missing woman, the more personal the hunt becomes.
Now the investigator must follow the evidence into the darkest reaches of the mountain, confront the secrets waiting back home, and stop a predator who has been preparing for this return.
Because in Blackridge, the most dangerous thing on the trail isn't getting lost.
It's being hunted.
When the Trail Goes Silent is a dark, atmospheric wilderness crime thriller packed with missing-person mystery, buried secrets, psychological suspense, search-dog action, family betrayal, and a relentless race against time.