Chill Factor

As a relentless blizzard descends upon the seemingly tranquil town of Cleary, North Carolina, Police Chief Dutch Burton finds himself grappling with a nightmare far more insidious than the plummeting temperatures. A sadistic serial killer has arrived, leaving a macabre signature: a blue ribbon at the last known location of his victims. The hunt for this elusive predator is already taxing Dutch, but the stakes skyrocket when his estranged ex-wife, Lilly Martin, vanishes into the heart of the raging storm during a weekend getaway. Is Lilly another victim of the notorious Blue Ribbon Killer, or has her disappearance, during a weekend getaway, opened up an entirely new, deeply personal mystery? As the snow piles higher, isolating Cleary from the outside world, Dutch races against time – not only to catch a killer but also to find the woman he once loved, whose fate now hangs precariously in the balance. Sandra Brown masterfully weaves a taut psychological thriller with a compelling undercurrent of rekindled emotions and unresolved pasts, where every hidden secret and every frosty breath could lead to salvation or despair.