Author: wendycorsistaub

“A twisting, turning, wholly absorbing thrill-ride” (Edgar Award–winning author Alison Gaylin): Searching for a detective’s missing daughter leads genealogist Amelia to the vicious descendant of a famous killer — and her own dark past — in this thriller from a New York Times bestselling author.

Just as a murderer dumps his corpse into the lake across Valley View in Lily Dale, Bella Jordan happens to be at her window, not quite realizing what she’s seeing. Unbeknownst to her, the killer spots her silhouette and prowls straight to her door. That is, until he’s interrupted by a black cat. A superstitious gambler, he takes off, but Bella’s seen too much, and he vows to return.Jiffy Arden, a … return.Jiffy Arden, a neighborhood kid looking for the black cat and stumbling across the killer, begins to have premonitions of being kidnapped during the season’s first snowstorm. Sure…