Snow Creek: An absolutely gripping mystery thriller (Detective Megan Carpenter Book 1)

When Ruth Turner reports her sister Ida Watson missing for over a month, Detective Megan Carpenter suspects there is more to the case than a standard missing person report. Traveling to Ida's isolated farmhouse in the hills above Snow Creek in Jefferson County's Port Townsend, Megan finds Ida's teenage children alone and frightened, living without television, video games, or connection to the outside world. Something about the Watson family seems wrong. When a woman's body is discovered in an abandoned pickup truck near the Watsons' home, Megan becomes convinced the cases are connected. To catch the killer, she must uncover the secrets hidden within the isolated Snow Creek community. Meanwhile, Megan carries her own burden. Stored in her closet is a box of recordings from thirteen years of therapy sessions. As she works the case, she must confront the painful past she has spent years avoiding. Can she resolve her own trauma while solving this complex crime before another life is lost?