Gwen Proctor (the protagonist) has fled her home. This book picks up exactly where that book ends.

That's out of the way, I would recommend reading/listening to Stillhouse Lake first. I am so happy to say this author has lived up to my expectations. This is Rachel Caine's second mystery/thriller for adults, I was hoping that she hadn't just written a one hit wonder with her first book- Stillhouse Lake. I have been waiting anxiously for this second book to be released. Turning tables on her husband the serial killer. And sure as the night, one of them will die. As trust beyond her small circle of friends begins to vanish, Gwen has only fury and vengeance to believe in as she closes in on her prey. She’s learned how from one of the sickest killers alive.īut what she’s up against is beyond anything she feared - a sophisticated and savage mind game calculated to destroy her. Now, with the help of Sam Cade, brother of one of Melvin’s victims, Gwen is going hunting. Gwen leaves her children in the protective custody of a fortified, well-armed neighbor. Her refuge at Stillhouse Lake has become a trap. Gwen Proctor won the battle to save her kids from her ex-husband, serial killer Melvin Royal, and his league of psychotic accomplices.

Now her eyes are open, and he’s not going away. Every time Gwen closed her eyes, she saw him in her nightmares.

Killman creek by rachel caine