Ice Pit

Children are dying. The murders appear to have no motive, no connection-and no rational explanation.Detective Jane Monroe is leading the investigation into a horrifying case: a succession of seemingly motiveless child murders suggests a serial killer at work. But is a ruthless murderer really claiming these victims or could the explanation lie in the supernatural, as the police chief of one of the stricken towns believes? Or should the answer be sought somewhere else entirely?As the threads begin to lead toward the Gest Fertility Center in Palo Alto, Jane by a strange twist of fate must also confront her own childlessness and the crisis threatening her marriage and private life. And by the time every piece of the mystery has been solved and the final piece of the puzzle falls into place, Jane s own life will have taken an entirely unexpected turn.Alongside the main storyline, the novel follows not only the changing lives of its central characters but also a kaleidoscope of other lives and destinies, rich in emotion and, at times, leaving the reader with the unsettling, haunting question: What if...?A success with readers in Hungary, Ice Pit now makes its international debut in English.