For everyone who has been waiting for the U.S. release of my fifth novel, THE BURYING PLACE, the wait is over! The new book is available now in U.S. bookstores.
When this novel was released in the UK late last year, London's Daily Mail said in its review: "My discovery this year has been the Edgar-nominated crime writer Brian Freeman....Fleshed-out characters, high tension and terrifying twists put Freeman up there with Harlan Coben in the psychological crime stratosphere."
This book takes readers into the bleak, snow-swept terrain in the farmlands between Duluth and Grand Rapids. Here's the jacket copy that describes the action:
One cold night. Two shocking mysteries.
In the quiet town of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, a baby vanishes from her bedroom in an opulent lakeside home. Was she abducted - or does her father have a terrible secret to hide?
That same night, a young policewoman gets lost in the fog and stumbles into the middle of a horrific crime. Now a sadistic killer wants her to play his deadly game.
Lieutenant Jonathan Stride and his team need to move fast to save a child and stop a killing spree. As fear grips the winter farm lands, Stride knows that every snow-covered field may be the next burying place.
Each twist in the investigation takes Stride into an elaborate web of deceit and desire. But his biggest obstacles may be the very people he's trying to help. With everything at risk and time running out, Stride worries how far a desperate mother will go to rescue her baby - and how far a desperate cop will go to save herself.
I've been delighted with the reaction of early readers to this book. Here's what one reader just wrote to me: "I've read every one of your books and just finished The Burying Place. Actually, I couldn't put it down. The twists and turns of your books are incredible." That's what an author loves to hear. I know that the more books I write, the more readers will have their personal favorites -- but I try to bring something new with every novel, so that readers think each one is the best book yet.
THE BURYING PLACE may be the most shocking, intense book I've written to date. I hope you enjoy it -- and as always, write to me with your thoughts.
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