River Owens never came home.
She left for a two-day hike along the Appalachian Trail with her best friends, True and Andy. Or so everyone thought. Hours turned into days which turned into weeks without a word from River. True and Andy? They’ve skipped town and no one has seen them since.
Unaware of the panic and confusion going on just two towns over, Parker Carlson, a small town beat cop, just left for his solo hike along the AT. He needs a couple of days to clear his head after a bad breakup and an insane workload. But peace and quiet aren’t in the cards for he just stumbled across River Owen’s dead body and the scattered clues around her campsite that point to murder. And the killer intends on making Parker the next victim.
Will Parker solve the case…. or become the next to die on the Trail of Blood?