Summit Lake

<b><i>Set in a small picturesque North Carolina town #1 international bestselling author Charlie Donlea's debut suspense novel tells the haunting story of a murdered law school student the reporter assigned to her story--and the intimate connection that comes when the living walk in the footsteps of the dead... </i></b><br> <p/>A gem of a mystery fast-paced and suspenseful. <b>--Catherine Coulter # 1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author on <i>Summit Lake</i></b><i></i><br><b> <i></i></b><br><b><i>No suspects. No persons of interest. Just a girl who was alive one day and dead the next.</i></b> <p/>Some places seem too beautiful to be touched by horror. Summit Lake nestled in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains is that kind of place. But two weeks ago Becca Eckersley a first-year law student and daughter of a powerful attorney was brutally murdered there. Now the town is reeling with grief and the police are baffled. <p/>At first investigative reporter Kelsey Castle thinks of the assignment as a fluff piece. But the savagery of the crime and the efforts to keep it quiet hint at something far more sinister than a random attack by a stranger. As Kelsey digs deeper despite danger and warnings she feels a growing connection to the dead girl. And the more she learns about Becca's friendships her love life--and her secrets--the more convinced she becomes that walking in Becca's footsteps could lead her out of her own dark past...