S. M. Senden Bücher

As Colin Graves prepares for his first day on the Glenview, Illinois police force he has a flashback memory that takes him back to the events from a rite of passage when he was thirteen. Aspects of that rite surface often for him in the weeks ahead that interweave with a series of murders of young women. Colin Graves is suspected of being involved and becomes pivotal in solving, not only the current murders, but also holds the key to a number of cold cases.

Montgomery County was one of the last areas in Iowa to be settled. For many years it was considered to be uninhabitable and of little value-until the men and women with hopes and dreams began to settle, build towns, and till the rich, fertile soil. The Forks, Binn's Grove, Hungry Hollow, Frankfort, Milford, Red Oak Junction, Stanton, Villisca, and many more settlements came into being, budding with promise, but the coming of the railroad determined the survival of them all. Some are still thriving cities, while others are no more than a fading memory that only the winds of the prairie can recall.