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The latest book in the DI Luc Callanach series. A devastating, unputdownable thriller, from the million-copy bestselling author.

Fourteen empty houses. No suspects. No clues…

When a snowstorm cuts off the remote Scottish village of Cape Wrath, Sammy arrives home at New Year to find her mother dead and every other house eerily silent. There are no signs of forced entry, no surviving witnesses, and no clear murder weapon. Everyone in the village is gone.

As Luc Callanach and Ava Turner race to piece together the final moments of the dead, they uncover a chilling truth: the killer knew the village, knew the storm was coming, and planned every step. With the snow swallowing evidence and fear spreading far beyond the Highlands, one question remains—if no one was left alive… who walked away? And what will they do next?

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