DARKSIDE by Belinda Bauer

Shipcott in bleak midwinter: a close-knit community where no stranger goes unnoticed.  So when an elderly woman is murdered in her bed, village policeman Jonas Holly is doubly shocked.  How could someone have entered, killed and left no trace?

Jonas finds himself sidelined as the investigation is snatched away from him by an abrasive senior detective.  Is his first murder investigation going to be over before it's begun?

But this is n't the end for Jonas, because someone in the village blames him for the tragedy.  Someone seems to know every move he makes.  Someone thinks he's not doing his job.  And when the killer claims another vulnerable victim, these taunts turn into sinister threats.

Blinded by rising paranoia, fear for his invalid wife, and relentless snow, Jonas strikes out alone on a mystifying hunt.  But the threats don't stop - and neither do the murders...

Soft cover, 359 pages.