Crosscut

“It makes Silence of the Lambs look like Mary had a little one—it never lets up.” —Adrienne Dines, author of The Jigsaw Maker

Evan Delaney knew China Lake was a tough place to grow up. She never knew how tough until she returns to the desert military base for her high school reunion and learns that several of her classmates have died young. Then, on the first night of the reunion, another one dies—this one savagely butchered. And she’s just the first. Someone has an ax to grind. And Evan’s graduating class has something to fear.

“One of the best thrills I've read this year. Miss Gardiner has written a cracker.” —Caroline Carver, CWA Dagger-winning author of Blood Junction

“A tense and exciting thriller where almost anything seems possible.” —Independent on Sunday