Jude, who possesses a unique ability to read body language due to her own past trauma, realizes the young boy's unspoken cues point to a terrifying connection with the dead boys from decades ago. This silent child becomes the ultimate key to solving a long-buried, ice-cold case. 👥 Key Characters

Jude's loyal policing partner who helps her navigate both the dark criminal underworld and her own personal demons. 🏆 About the Author

Anne Frasier is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author known for her atmospheric and chilling suspense novels. The first book in this specific series, The Body Reader , won the prestigious Thriller Award for Best Paperback Original in 2017. ⚠️ Digital File Note If you are looking to download the file in .epub format:

The nightmare begins when the frozen body of a young boy is found trapped in the ice of a local lake. Detective Jude Fontaine and her partner, Uriah Ashby, investigate and soon discover more bodies frozen in the ice. All of them are twelve-year-old boys who went missing twenty years prior.

During a massive blizzard, an unidentified four-year-old boy is abandoned on Jude's doorstep. The traumatized child does not know his name, his parents, or where he came from.

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The story takes place in the middle of a brutal Minneapolis winter.