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In the desolate woods around Grizzly Point, Montana, four bodies sprawl across a lonely landscape. Detectives Selena Alvarez and Regan Pescoli must track a serial killer who methodically captures and subjects victims to slow, agonizing deaths. Their investigation is aided by the FBI but hampered by cryptic notes and the killer’s chilling attention to detail.
Meanwhile, Jillian Rivers wakes up trapped inside a mangled car and is liberated by a stranger claiming to be a trail guide, Zane McGregor. Though she is grateful, something about him makes her uneasy. With the killer’s presence felt in the woods, Jillian becomes the next potential target, and the stakes rise sharply as the killer’s pattern of cruelty unfolds.
"Left to Die" blends suspenseful police procedural elements with a tense hunt for a malevolent serial murderer, delivering a chilling thriller set against a Montana backdrop.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Lisa Jackson
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