Kelley Armstrong
This atmospheric mystery is a gripping read. Homicide Detective Casey Duncan has a nasty secret in her past and a best friend who she is trying to protect from an abusive ex. When things come to a head, the two decide to drop out of society. They are allowed to move to a secret, off-grid town hidden in the woods of Canada. There all the residents have come to leave their pasts behind. But someone is picking off residents, leaving their mangled bodies in the vast empty woods around the town. A definite all-night read!