The Stormbound

THE STORMBOUND A Suspenseful Mystery of a Missing Sister, a Serial Killer, and a Town Cut Off A pulse-pounding psychological thriller where one fatal decision traps a family in a storm with a serial killer—and the missing body is just the beginning. When a teenage driver hits a woman on a dark coastal road, his father makes a choice that will haunt them both: hide the truth. But when the body vanishes from the morgue and a newborn baby appears at the crash site, Detective Gemma Woodstock realizes nothing about this case is what it seems. Port Carnarvon should have been a fresh start. After years of violent crime investigation burned her out, Gemma transferred to this quiet seaside town to build a safer life for her children. Instead, she arrives to find a hit-and-run victim missing, a mystery infant abandoned in the storm, and all roads out of town submerged by rising floodwaters. Sheriff Jenna Alton delivers the worst news possible: The Ragman—a methodical serial killer who's eluded capture for years—may be trapped inside the town lockdown with them. Jake Buckman knows his son Evan is hiding something about the accident. The teenager's guilt is eating him alive, but Jake's own secrets run deeper. When his wife Julia vanishes without explanation, supposedly on a business trip she never actually took, Jake's carefully constructed lies begin to crumble. The bloody fingerprints outside Evan's bedroom window suggest someone—or something—has already found their home. A missing persons case becomes a race against time when Gemma discovers the terrible truth. The dead woman, Marla Keene, was helping Julia escape an increasingly controlling marriage. The sisters had planned everything: a hidden pregnancy, a secret delivery, a new life. But The Ragman had been watching Julia for weeks, selecting her for his twisted ritual. When Marla tried to warn the Buckmans, she ran directly into their car—and into the killer's trap. Now Julia is buried alive somewhere in the flooded tunnels beneath the abandoned amusement pier, and the storm surge is rising by the hour. Gemma and Jenna must navigate a labyrinth of underground passages using cryptic symbols Marla scratched into the morgue table before she died. In the darkness below Port Carnarvon, they discover The Ragman's grotesque gallery of trophies—and the space he's prepared for his next victim. Perfect for fans of domestic suspense and atmospheric crime fiction THE STORMBOUND delivers everything readers crave in a gripping mystery thriller: A ticking clock survival story where natural disaster and human evil collide Complex family secrets that unravel with each shocking revelation Strong female detectives working together against overwhelming odds Small town mystery atmosphere with claustrophobic tension Twisty psychological suspense that keeps you guessing until the final pages Edge-of-your-seat action in flooded underground tunnels and abandoned locations This standalone thriller explores how far a mother will go to protect her children, what a father will sacrifice to hide his failures, and whether redemption is possible when your first instinct was to run. When the storm clears, will anyone survive the truth? Readers who love Jane Harper's atmospheric mysteries, Lucy Foley's locked-room suspense, and Lisa Gardner's detective thrillers won't be able to put down this addictive page-turner. Content notes: Violence, themes of domestic control, child endangerment Start reading THE STORMBOUND today and discover why readers are calling it "unputdownable," "brilliantly twisted," and "the most suspenseful thriller of the year."