The Gift of Darkness - Couverture souple

Twenty-five years ago in the woods near the Hoh River in Seattle, three boys were kidnapped. One did not come home.

A quarter of a decade later, a family of four is found brutally murdered, the words thirteen days scratched near their lifeless bodies.

Homicide Detective Alice Madison ran away from home as a child, one breath away from committing an unforgivable act; as an adult, she found her peace chasing the very worst humanity has to offer. Madison believes these murders are linked. And she has thirteen days to prove it.

To stop a psychopath, Madison must go back into the woods and confront the unsolved mystery of the Hoh River Boys. She must forget her training and follow her instincts to the terrifying end as enemies become allies and, in the silent forest, time is running out to save another life.

'Madison struggled to keep vision, to still the hum and clear her mind. There was the girl's hand, pointing the revolver at Brown's head, and the girl's arm and the girl's heart. She knew she could clear leather and shoot and fell the kid in less than three seconds. She saw the muzzle tremble in line with Brown's eyes and the man not flinch and look straight back and still talk kindly.
'Stop talking to me!' The girl screamed and Madison saw not the girl anymore but only the gun, and steadied herself to move. In the space between heartbeats Madison felt everything that was good and true drain from her.'

Thirteen days to solve a murder. Thirteen days to question everything. Thirteen days before darkness descends.