When Alaska's thaw exposes a hidden grave of multiple victims, FBI Agent Sadie Price dives into a deadly game unique to this wilderness. As she races against nature’s clock, can she save the living and bring justice to the dead before the rising rivers wash away all clues?
Rylie Dark is author of the SADIE PRICE FBI SUSPENSE THRILLER series, comprising six books (and counting); of the CARLY SEE FBI SUSPENSE THRILLER series, comprising six books (and counting); of the MIA NORTH FBI SUSPENSE THRILLER series, comprising six books (and counting); of the MORGAN STARK FBI SUSPENSE THRILLER series, comprising five books (and counting); of the HAILEY ROCK FBI SUSPENSE THRILLER series, comprising five books (and counting),of the TARA STRONG MYSTERY series, comprising five books (and counting); and of the ALEX QUINN SUSPENSE THRILLER series, comprising five books (and counting).
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The story pulled me in right away. Finding a mass grave because the ice thawed is already chilling, but putting Sadie right in the middle of Alaska’s wilderness made it feel even heavier. I love when a thriller has that cold atmosphere where the environment feels just as dangerous as the killer. It gives you this constant tension you can almost smell on the page. Sadie is the kind of character I connect with — sharp, capable, but carrying pain. She’s tough because she had to be, not because it looks cool. I like that she’s flawed, scarred, and still shows up to do the job when everything around her is trying to break her. That emotional weight makes the investigation matter more to me. It’s not just “who did it,” it’s “how far can a person be pushed and still keep going.” The pacing is fast — a page turner. Lots of twists, some you can predict if you’re used to crime series, and some that hit out of nowhere. It’s not trying to be poetic or philosophical, but it doesn’t need to be. I don’t mind a gritty, raw thriller as long as it keeps me hooked and makes me feel that isolation and urgency. Being Book 10, you’re dropped into years of character history, so I do think reading the series in order would make the emotional side hit even harder. The editing could be cleaner — there were a few little slip-ups that distracted me, but I still enjoyed the ride enough to overlook them. For a dark, intense crime thriller with a loner heroine and a brutal northern landscape? It delivered what I wanted. Not a literary masterpiece, but a solid, moody, addictive crime story that keeps you guessing and makes solitude feel dangerous.