Their Frozen Bones
Her eyes snap open and she takes in the snow-covered forest around her. She can’t remember how she got here, and a dark figure is running toward her. She doesn’t have time to scream before he’s upon her…
When Sheriff Jenna Alton and her deputy, David Kane, hear reports of a plane crashing into the mountains that surround Black Rock Falls, their hearts shatter. Their friend’s blonde-haired teenage daughter, Julie, was on that flight. They won’t sleep until they bring Julie home to her distraught family.
A blizzard closing in, Jenna pushes on with the search until, just beyond the snow-capped trees, she finds the plane. She falls to her knees at the sight of the lifeless bodies, still buckled into their seats. But one passenger is missing: Julie has vanished…
Racing into the remote forest, Jenna finds heavy footsteps around the crash site which are too big to be Julie’s. Someone was here before them. Following the prints, Jenna’s pulse races as she finds the bodies of three young women hanging from the tall pine trees, their limbs frozen, their faces lifted to the sky above.
When the victims are identified, Jenna notices that each girl had long blonde hair when they went missing, just like Julie. But when they were found in the forest, their hair had been cut, their looks changed forever. Is a twisted killer preying on girls who he can manipulate before their death? Could Julie be his next victim? With snow piling up around them, Jenna doesn’t have long to find Julie alive. Can she track down this monster before he takes his next innocent life?
D.K. Hood
In the cold stillness of a London snowstorm, D.K. Hood entered a world she would later populate with chilling secrets, unsolved murders, and flawed heroes. Today, Hood stands among the sharpest voices in crime fiction, best known for her gripping Detectives Kane and Alton series—dark, atmospheric thrillers that have climbed bestseller lists including USA Today and The Wall Street Journal.
Though her novels are set in the remote Montana town of Black Rock Falls, Hood’s own journey began oceans away. Growing up by the English coast before eventually settling in Australia, she nurtured an early fascination with crime and psychology. Long before penning her first novel, she was the one lingering over true crime documentaries and forensic journals, piecing together the puzzles of human behavior. This quiet obsession would one day fuel the pulse-pounding narratives that have captivated millions of readers around the world.
Detectives Kane and Alton
In Black Rock Falls, a small Montana town where the wind howls through the trees and the mountains loom like silent sentinels, nothing is ever as it seems. Here, Sheriff Jenna Alton and Deputy David Kane work tirelessly to uncover the secrets buried beneath the surface, facing off against killers who would do anything to stay hidden.
Detectives Kane and Alton consists of twenty-six books and series is set to expand with the upcoming release of two more books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.