New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deavers novel introduces female protagonist Brynn McKenzie who stumbles on a heinous murder and finds herself the next potential victim. This award-winning novel contains the masterful plot twists and ticking bomb suspense that have become Deaver’s signature. When a 911 call from an isolated vacation house on Lake Mondac is cut short off-duty county sheriff’s deputy Brynn McKenzie leaves her husband and son at the dinner table to investigate—and walks into a scene of true horror. A visiting Milwaukee couple has been shot dead; Brynn quickly connecting with the lone survivor of the carnage realizes the perpetrators—two professional criminals—havent left the crime scene. Unable to call for back-up deprived of her gun and car Brynn and her charge escape into the hostile wilderness in a terrifying cat-and-mouse chase. Will Brynn be the next victim?