The Killing Woods by Linda Berry

Detective Sidney Becker is burned out. Years of investigations in a big city left her haunted by grisly crime scenes. Seeking balance, she accepts the job of police chief in a peaceful mountain community. Life is good. Beautiful scenery. Low crime.

Then a woman is found brutally murdered in the woods. The staging of the body resembles another victim found in the same area years earlier. The case went cold. Now the killer has come out of hiding.

The killer plans each murder to the smallest detail. The only clue found at the crime scene is an origami butterfly planted on the victim. Inside is a handwritten, meaningless verse. To outwit a killer more cunning than any she’s faced before, Sidney must decode his cryptic message and lure him into the open—before he strikes again.

Category: Mystery – Series