In the isolated mountains of Coventry Ridge, where fog-shrouded forests hide generations of secrets, former FBI profiler Alex Harlan returns to his hometown after a five-year absence, drawn back by a murder bearing haunting similarities to his mother's unsolved death decades earlier.
What begins as a reluctant consultation with local sheriff Maggie Blackburn evolves into something far more sinister, revealing connections between the recent killings and powerful interests operating in the shadows of the Appalachian ridges. When the mutilated body of a local man is discovered along a remote trail with strange markings carved into his flesh, Alex must navigate both mounting jurisdictional tensions and the complex web of loyalties that define this insular mountain community.
As federal agents descend on the case, Alex uncovers links between the victims and an environmental exploitation scheme that threatens the region's ancient landscape. With each passing day bringing another death, each revelation tests Alex's profiling abilities and forces him to confront the painful memories of his own family's troubled history in these mountains.
The ancient Appalachian ridges conceal deadly motives where the stakes extend beyond justice to the very survival of the community itself. But in a country where old wounds run as deep as the hollows, some trails lead to secrets that will kill to stay buried.
Alex must rely on his fractured relationship with the town and his haunted knowledge of its past to read the signs before the escalating threat claims more victims, all while confronting forces that view the mountains only as resources to be exploited or territory to be controlled.
In this harsh yet beautiful country where old wounds and modern greed collide, justice requires both analytical precision and unrelenting determination.
Genre: Mystery
What begins as a reluctant consultation with local sheriff Maggie Blackburn evolves into something far more sinister, revealing connections between the recent killings and powerful interests operating in the shadows of the Appalachian ridges. When the mutilated body of a local man is discovered along a remote trail with strange markings carved into his flesh, Alex must navigate both mounting jurisdictional tensions and the complex web of loyalties that define this insular mountain community.
As federal agents descend on the case, Alex uncovers links between the victims and an environmental exploitation scheme that threatens the region's ancient landscape. With each passing day bringing another death, each revelation tests Alex's profiling abilities and forces him to confront the painful memories of his own family's troubled history in these mountains.
The ancient Appalachian ridges conceal deadly motives where the stakes extend beyond justice to the very survival of the community itself. But in a country where old wounds run as deep as the hollows, some trails lead to secrets that will kill to stay buried.
Alex must rely on his fractured relationship with the town and his haunted knowledge of its past to read the signs before the escalating threat claims more victims, all while confronting forces that view the mountains only as resources to be exploited or territory to be controlled.
In this harsh yet beautiful country where old wounds and modern greed collide, justice requires both analytical precision and unrelenting determination.
Genre: Mystery
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