Publisher Description
Deputy U.S. Marshals Arliss Cutter and Lola Teariki brave a brutal and unforgiving Alaskan winter on a desperate manhunt that takes a blood-chilling twist in New York Times bestselling author and former U.S. Marshal Marc Cameron’s breathless, taut new wilderness adventure thriller for fans of Paul Doiron, CJ Box, Taylor Moore, and William Kent Krueger.
Deputy U.S. Marshals Arliss Cutter and Lola Teariki are at frozen Cheney Lake, finally nearing their prey. He’s Butch Pritchard, a killer-for-hire as ruthless as the Anchorage wind, and wanted for the murder of a 25-year-old pregnant woman in Missouri. A cruel hit orchestrated by the victim’s husband, Royce Decker, a former member of the St. Louis Metro PD and on the run too. As quickly as Butch is in the marshals’ sight he disappears, abandoning a bear of a partner who’s terrified for his life. But it isn’t Butch or Royce he’s afraid of.
If it isn’t those two outlaws, then who? And why? Right now, the creep in custody has gone silent and Arliss and Lola soon realize there’s more to this manhunt than they ever imagined. To see it through to the end they’ll have to find Butch first, then close on the cold-blooded husband. There is one lead to go on: a woman Butch has been involved with. His number one. She’s ready to talk. Even as scared to death as she is. When Arliss and Lola suddenly face an all-new case linked to this one, they’ll find out what everyone is so afraid of. And how many ways things could still go terribly wrong.
"Cameron’s novels hook you from the first line, cement your eyes to the page, and grip your heart in a vice. I can’t think of another writer whose work I admire more." —WILLIAM KENT KRUEGER
"A double-barreled blast of action, narrative, and impossible-to-fake authenticity.” —CJ BOX
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
A dark conspiracy and a brutal Alaskan winter both stack the odds against a dogged Deputy U.S. Marshal in this gripping crime thriller. Arliss Cutter and his partner Lola Teariki are on the hunt for Butch Pritchard, a hit man who was hired to murder an innocent pregnant woman by her own cold-blooded husband. Butch wouldn’t be the first criminal to hide from justice in the brutally cold wilderness, but it turns out what he’s really hiding from is another killer—one with their sights set on him. Fans of Marc Cameron’s long-running Arliss Cutter series will love how the expert tracker brings his perfectionist, no-nonsense approach to this gritty case, with revelations about his childhood offering tantalizing clues as to how he got that way. We enjoyed seeing how he contrasted with the more lively, intuitive, people-focused Lola—especially when she goes off on her own. This tale of suspense is a chilly thrill ride.
