Somewhere in the vast Alaskan wilderness hides a psychotic monster. His methods are unlike any other serial killer to date. He likes his women cold, frozen to be exact. Once finished with a victim, he displays her like a twisted piece of art.
YOU CAN’T RUN
FBI Agent Annie Thomas is on leave after the loss of her fiancé, Matt Locklear. She has spent the better part of a year in his one-bedroom cabin in the wilds of Alaska. Lately she’s had the feeling of being watched. Is her self-imposed exile getting the better of her?
YOU CAN’T HIDE
Homicide Detective Stone Wooshkeetaan has become a driven man. He would work 24/7 if he could, anything to prevent him from sleeping. He’s the one who found the mutilated body of his friend, Matt, an image that has haunted his dreams ever since.
YOU CAN’T MOVE
It’s the day after Christmas and Draper’s Pond is filled with the sound of laughing children as they race around on the ice trying out their new skates. Little do they know a dark cloud looms ahead. Two little girls are holding hands and spinning as fast as they can until they break apart. One goes sliding into a snow bank. Once she rises, a blood curdling scream rips from her tiny throat, silencing the crowd. Directly below her is the body of a woman trapped under the ice; her hands up as if warding off an attack, her mouth frozen in a silent scream.
HE WINS
The woman’s death was not an accident and Stone is certain this isn’t the killer’s first victim. He asks Annie to help him prove it, but before long the investigation takes a sinister turn. The bodies of women start showing up all over the Mat-Su Valley looking like horrific ice sculptures. Now Annie and Stone are on the hunt for a sadistic killer hiding in a state over twice the size of Texas and largely comprised of uninhabited wilderness. They must capture this beast before he finishes his perverse agenda and disappears…
AGAIN
I really enjoyed this book. I loved the idea of having two mysteries going on at once by two teams that are not related in any way.
The first mystery was who was after Shadowhawk who we have met in previous books by MacDonald. In this part of the story her and her partner J.J. Thomas are try to solve a homicide while also trying to figure out who is stalking and messing with Shadowhawk. This part of the book was intriguing because the readers got to reconnect with Thomas and Shadowhawk, two characters who they grew to love in MacDonald's Sandman book. This mystery kept the reader guessing who the perpetrator was until the end.
The second mystery which was taking part at the same time but in a different state focused around Annie, Thomas' sister who is an FBI agent who was in Alaska grieving the death of her fiance and Stone the local sheriff who are in search of a serial a killer who leaves women frozen in and on lakes after doing unspeakable acts with the bodies. This is the part were the romance comes in as well between Annie and Stone who suit each other very well. Even though this mystery is solved quicker then the other owner there are a few twist in Alaska as well.
This was a very well written book and an excellent addition to to series. I loved seeing the old characters have a big role in another book. This definitely gets five out of five stars.
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