Cirrus@Austlit

'For some time, Senior Detective Kate Wakeland has sensed dark undercurrents swimming in the depths of her beloved small town, Tallman's Valley.

'She is determined to find answers to the questions that no one is asking and find out what lies beneath the surface.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'A decade ago, The Lullaby Man preyed upon young girls in Tallman's Valley. He stole into their lives, whispered in their ears, spoke of love.

'Abby Wakeland was fourteen then. Now twenty-four, she's found the courage to tell her mother--Senior Detective Kate Wakeland--about what happened.

'The Lullaby Man was her teacher.

'What Abby reveals next will lead Kate down dark, twisting tunnels of discoveries that will blow this small town apart.'

Source : publisher's blurb

'It was summer in the mountains when five small children vanished from their nursery school picnic. The heat was stifling that day, the tinkle of an ice-cream van in the air.

'Three and a half years later, in the dead of winter, the children are returned to their families... one by one.

'All except for Ivy - the granddaughter of homicide detective Kate Wakeland. The other four children say Ivy is dead.

'Speculation grows that the kidnappings were revenge for an offender that Detective Wakeland put in jail years before.

'She engages in a battle of wits between herself, the kidnapper and the cold, vast expanse of mountains in between.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Photographer Isla Wilson is thrilled she's landed her dream job, but the clients who hired her are getting stranger by the day.

'It sounded so perfect - a month's assignment at the misty, sprawling Scottish Highlands property of brilliant architect Alban McGregor, and his wife, Jessica.

'But deep in the woods, there is a chilling playhouse. Two years ago, the McGregors' daughter, Elodie, died after being abducted and taken there. Alban refuses to knock the playhouse down, and he keeps a picture of it on his wall.

'Isla senses that both Alban and Jessica are keeping terrible secrets. The closer Isla comes to getting answers about Elodie, the more the danger mounts. And with a dense cover of snow now blanketing the town, all chance of escape might already be gone.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.