Within this thrilling section in Faye Kellerman’s bestselling series, Rina Lazarus makes a shocking discovery in the woods of her upstate NY community that leads her husband, law enforcement detective Peter Decker, through some gruesome, decades old, unsolved murders, pointing to a diabolical, serial killer who’s been hiding in plain sight.

On a bright and crisp September morning, while walking a bucolic woodland trail, Rina Decker stumbles upon individual continues to be once buried deep beneath the forest about Bone Box: A Decker/Lazarus Novel grounds. Instantly, she calls her spouse, Peter, a previous detective lieutenant with LAPD, now working for the local Greenbury Police. Within hours, a vista of beauty and tranquility is transformed right into a frenetic crime scene. The body continues to be interred for a long time and there is certainly scant physical evidence on the gravesite: a vibrant skeleton, a skull wound and lengthy dark strands of locks encircling the bony body. As Decker and his partner, Tyler McAdams, further investigate, they realize that they’re probably coping with a missing student in the nearby Five Schools of Upstate-a well-known and well-respected consortium of higher learning where Rina functions.

And when more human remains are located in the same area, Decker and McAdams find out this isn’t just a one-off murder case. Short-staffed and with no convenient entry in to the schools, Decker enlists Rina’s help act as the eye and ears of campus gossip. Winding their method through a dangerous labyrinth of steely suspects and untouchable academics, Decker, McAdams, and Rina race to protect their community from a psychopathic killer still in the area-and within the hunt for a brand new victim.