An elegant fusion of Arctic noir and psychological suspense…
A Wyoming deputy sheriff’s search for her missing boss leads her into a deadly Arctic conspiracy in Towles’ haunting psychological thriller. After her husband vanishes in Alaska’s Beaufort Sea, Wyoming deputy sheriff Gree Gooding survives by refusing to believe he’s dead. But when her boss, Sheriff Peter Barrett, disappears and his wallet surfaces beside an unidentified body in Deadhorse, Alaska, Gree is forced back to the frozen oil fields tied to her husband’s final research trip.
Equal parts psychological mystery and eco-thriller, the novel unfolds with mounting tension and emotional precision. Towles uses Gree’s raw first-person perspective to deepen the suspense, transforming the search for a missing sheriff into a haunting reckoning with grief and long-buried truths. The icy Alaskan setting adds a chilling intensity to an already absorbing narrative. Towles skillfully layers emotional tension with scientific intrigue, while the complex relationship between Gree and Woody adds further weight and unpredictability. Though ambitious in scope, the novel remains grounded in its exploration of loss, buried secrets, and survival.
Atmospheric, cerebral, and deeply human, this is an immersive psychological thriller with genuine emotional depth.
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Pub date 8/7/26
Indies United publishing
