Once a rising star in the FBI, with the best case closure rate of any investigator, Ella Porter is now exiled to a small gold mining town bordering the wilderness of Alaska. The reason for her new assignment? She allowed a prolific serial killer to escape custody. But what no one knows is that she did it on purpose. The day she shows up in Nome, bags still unpacked, the wife of the richest gold miner in town goes missing. This is the second woman to vanish in as many days. And it's up to Ella to find out what happened. Assigning Ella to Nome is no accident, either. Though she swore she'd never return, Ella grew up in the small, gold mining town, treated like royalty as a child due to her own family's wealth. But like all gold tycoons, the Porter family secrets are as dark as Ella's own.

A blizzard is coming, and a murderer known as the Mockingbird stalks the snow. Seven teenagers went into the mountains on a camping trip. Two days later, their parents lost contact. And now a young woman's body is found tied to a tree. The campsite was destroyed, and the others are all missing. But rumors abound, and a folktale resurrects—legends say there's a wildman in the mountains known as the Mockingbird who mimics the voices of those he kills. In the small, gold-mining town of Nome, FBI Agent Ella Porter is called in to hunt the killer in the mountains and to discover what happened to the other campers. Meanwhile, Ella's father wants revenge against his daughter, and a serial killer from Ella's past—the man who cost her everything—is on his way to Nome.

A skeleton is found entombed in a hundred-year-old tree, then another, fresher body in a much younger tree. Is it a century-old killer? Or a family of murderers who've passed their grisly trade down through the generations? Brilliant FBI Agent Ella Porter, currently banished to the small town of Nome, discovers a woman's remains in an ancient tree and the clues bring her to a small, secluded lake town in the beautiful inland of Alaska. Meanwhile, a wraith from her past wants to forge an unlikely alliance, but some boundaries can't be uncrossed. Aided by an unwanted informant, as well as her old friend, Brenner Gunn, Ella Porter sets out to solve her most harrowing case yet. Meanwhile, secrets from her past are being unearthed, and threats are closing in.

Two skeletons are found with arms wrapped in an infinite embrace, discovered at the bottom of the sea. The corpses of a young couple are discovered in a crabbing cage off the coast of Alaska. Someone is murdering young married couples, and his taunting notes to the police call his next shot. He promises to next kill Nome's sweethearts—Priscilla Porter and Chief Baker. With her sister and brother-in-law threatened, FBI Agent Ella Porter is serving out her banishment in the small, gold-mining town, and is now faced with enemies from every direction. A tycoon of a father who wants her dead. An internal investigation that wants her job. And now a murderer striking the shores of the small, wilderness town she once called her home. Against this tidal wave of opposition, she's forced to use every ounce of cunning and training to outwit and outlast. And through it all, she's determined to bring this new, demented murderer to shore.

He photographs them as they die beneath the Northern Lights… Three bodies have turned up just outside of Juneau. The capital of Alaska has no roads leading out of it, and FBI agent Ella Porter arrives by plane with the sinking suspicion that it might be a one-way trip. Someone is murdering the most beautiful women in the city, hunting them down and posing them under the Northern Lights. The photographs capture the terror in their eyes as they die… And each photograph has a single letter written under it. But what is the killer spelling? And how many letters remain? It’s up to Ella Porter to find out what it all means before the killer continues his spree. But with no roads out of the city, and all eyes on her, Ella finds herself caught in the crosshairs, and before long, she’s the one trapped beneath a killer’s knife, fighting for her survival in the lonely beauty of the Alaskan wilderness.

The Mendenhall glacier holds more than just ancient secrets—it conceals a serial killer's gruesome handiwork. As bodies begin to surface, perfectly preserved by the ice and hauntingly displayed through the art of taxidermy, an intense game of cat and mouse ensues, pushing FBI agent Ella Porter to her limits. Ella Porter, a tenacious and brilliant agent with an instinct for unravelling the darkest of mysteries, must navigate the treacherous Alaskan wilderness to stop this sadistic murderer. But when two men are sent to find her, Ella turns from hunter to hunted, and soon discovers that everyone she loves could be in danger. With each victim unearthed, the intricate taxidermy artistry raises haunting questions about the killer's motives and his twisted fascination with preserving life in death. A pulse-pounding, atmospheric thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page. Prepare to immerse yourself in the depths of an Alaskan winter, where the bone-chilling suspense will freeze your blood and the race against a cunning murderer will leave you breathless. Can Ella Porter uncover the truth and stop the killer before she becomes the next victim? Find out in this gripping tale of terror, survival, and the pursuit of justice in the most unforgiving of landscapes.

Ghosts may never die, but the girls found in the Kennicott Ghost Town aren’t so lucky… And luck is the killer’s MO. He plays games of chance with his victims. Some are released if they win, but others are forced to go all-in. Poker chips, dice, lottery slips are left in the hands of the deceased as a taunting reminder of the killer’s cruel designs. High-profile victims are showing up in the abandoned Alaskan town, amidst the desolate buildings and old copper mineshafts. The daughter of a mayor, the wife of a police chief—the killer seems to be escalating. Agent Ella Porter finds herself entangled in a deadly cat-and-mouse game with a cunning killer. As bodies begin to pile up, thrown down old copper mineshafts, Ella races against time to solve the case before more lives are claimed. But following a shocking revelation of blackmail, and months of secrecy, Ella realizes the case isn’t at all what she first thought. As Ella delves deeper into the twisted psyche of the killer, she unearths a haunting history that connects the present-day crimes to the forgotten past of the ghost town.

When the governor's murder is brazenly broadcast on live television, a secretive society emerges from the shadows, preying on the wealthy and the elite. As the ominous countdown begins for the next target—her very own father, Jameson Porter—Ella's relentless pursuit leads her to a mysterious figure known only as the Architect, a reclusive billionaire whose dark influence looms large. In a heart-pounding game of cat and mouse, Ella must navigate the treacherous terrain of the Fairbanks Permafrost tunnel, the site of the governor’s murder. She must piece together the clues, outsmart a ruthless enemy, and expose the truth before the final pieces of this deadly puzzle fall into place. Will she unmask the Architect's sinister agenda, or will she become the next victim in a conspiracy that threatens to tear the state apart?

No one can outrun a bullet... Illegal hunting tourism is a favorite past-time among poachers in the wilderness of Alaska, and Ella Porter is assigned to help the Marshal service track a poacher who's running one such operation. Still reeling after the events of the last book, Ella is grateful for the distraction, but the case turns into something far more sinister, when they hear whispers of missing girls in the Alaskan wilderness. A secretive poaching operation advertises "the most dangerous game," as their main attraction. Women are being set loose in the Alaskan wilderness and then hunted by seasoned hunters. It isn't long before Ella and Brenner are targeted by this clandestine group, and she'll have to outwit man and beast to survive the harsh climate, escape the clutches of the poachers, and discover the shadowy figure behind it all.