SUMMIT LAKE

&ldquoA gem of a mystery, fast-paced and suspenseful.&rdquo --Catherine Coulter, # 1 New York Times bestselling author

No suspects. No persons of interest. Just a girl who was alive one day and dead the next.

Some places seem too beautiful to be touched by horror. Summit Lake, nestled in North Carolina&rsquos Blue Ridge Mountains, is that kind of place. But two weeks ago, Becca Eckersley, a first-year law student and daughter of a powerful attorney, was brutally murdered there. Now the town is reeling with grief, and the police are baffled.

&ldquoAn exciting debut, with all the right touches, captivating from the first page to the last.&rdquo --Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author

At first, investigative reporter Kelsey Castle thinks of the assignment as a fluff piece. But the savagery of the crime, and the efforts to keep it quiet, hint at something far more sinister than a random attack by a stranger. As Kelsey digs deeper, despite danger and warnings, she feels a growing connection to the dead girl. And the more she learns about Becca&rsquos friendships, her love life&mdashand her secrets&mdashthe more convinced she becomes that walking in Becca&rsquos footsteps could lead her out of her own da