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In Alderbrook, Vermont, winter keeps its secrets buried deep.

When a man is found dead in the snow beneath the birches, suspicion falls on Nate Lorimer, an organic chemistry professor whose quiet life is suddenly shattered by rumor, scrutiny, and fear.

In a town where everyone knows your name and no one forgets a scandal, it does not take long for...

A message arrives after the funeral.

It’s from Eden Voss.

Everyone in the group chat freezes, because Eden is dead. There was the accident. The memorial. The empty desk at school that nobody wants to look at for too long. So the text has to be a glitch, or a cruel joke, or someone hacking her number for attention.

Then the messages keep coming.

They...