Sergeant Riley Hart thinks the problem at the Crowley homestead is a stubborn property dispute. Wade Crowley has ignored eviction notices, the town wants the land cleared for development, and Riley and her partner Cole are sent to deliver one final warning. Everyone in Cedar Hollow knows Wade as the reclusive son of Vernon Crowley, a convicted murderer whose crimes scarred the community decades earlier. What no one knows is what remains hidden beneath the family property. Wade has spent years guarding more than a house. When the investigation begins uncovering women's remains on Crowley land, an eviction turns into a hunt for a killer whose violence may span generations. Riley and Cole must identify the dead, notify families who have waited years for answers, and determine how much Vernon directed from prison and how much Wade chose for himself. Wade, meanwhile, knows the terrain, understands exactly what the police are finding, and has no intention of surrendering quietly. The case becomes brutally personal for Riley as the pursuit spreads beyond Cedar Hollow and strikes at the law-enforcement family that raised her. Every grave expands the possible victim count. Every connection to the Crowleys makes the past feel less finished. In this small-town police procedural thriller, a community that thought it understood its most infamous crime learns that the first bodies were only the beginning. Riley can expose what lies beneath Cedar Hollow, but catching the man responsible may demand more than following the evidence he left underground.
Sergeant Riley Hart thinks the problem at the Crowley homestead is a stubborn property dispute. Wade Crowley has ignored eviction notices, the town wants the land cleared for development, and Riley and her partner Cole are sent to deliver one final warning. Everyone in Cedar Hollow knows Wade as ...