A serial killer captures Det. Regan Pescoli, the smart, strong-willed star of 2008's Left to Die. The Star-Crossed Killer, plague of Montana's Bitterroot Mountains, kidnaps injured women, takes care of them until they are healthy again, then photographs them and leaves them to die of exposure to the deadly cold. With time, it becomes clear that he is spelling out an obscure message with the women's initials. The book focuses on Pescoli's efforts to escape her captor's maze-like lair and survive the deadly cold outside. We catch glimpses of her partner, Det. Selena Alvarez, attempting to track her down.
