The Reaping (Steinbeck and Reed Book 2)

Forensic scientist Harry Steinbeck and cold case agent Evangeline Reed investigate a connection between a recent homicide and an unsolved 1998 mass murder in Alku, Minnesota, where an entire family of five was killed in their sleep. The case had gone cold for twenty-five years until new evidence emerged. Steinbeck had hoped never to return to the northland, a region tied to traumatic memories of his sister's abduction. As he and Reed dig deeper, children in Alku begin disappearing one by one. The investigators sense they are being watched as they pursue an increasingly dark trail. To solve the case, Steinbeck must confront secrets from his own past, even at great personal cost. The killer's identity and motives prove far more sinister than either agent anticipated.