Snowfall's Reckoning

A Novel by Denise Nussbaum

 

A brutal winter storm, a missing man, and a lifetime of family secrets that are finally starting to thaw.

 

When Henry Fairbanks disappears into a savage Christmas Eve blizzard, his wife, Maggie, knows only one person can find him before it's too late: Ana Summer. Along with Kimo, a former Marine, and their highly trained search-and-rescue dog, Koa, Ana heads straight into the freezing mountains. But they are racing against much more than just the elements.

 

They find Henry clinging to life near the summit, but getting him down is only the start of the nightmare. 

 

Back at the family lodge, tension hangs thicker than the storm outside. Henry's ex-wife, Jill, is clearly hiding something. Their son, Paul, is desperate and drowning in debt. And a piece of hidden land connects them all to Jimmy Johnson—Jill’s secret half-brother, a newly released convict with a dangerous agenda of his own.

 

What looked like a tragic accident quickly unravels into something far more sinister. As Ana and Kimo work to keep Maggie safe, they find themselves pulling at threads that stretch back decades, all the way to the "accidental" fall that killed Maggie's mother when Maggie was just a child. 

 

When a hidden journal, a mysterious 911 call, and Henry’s hazy memory of a tranquilizer dart surface, the pieces of the past begin to fit together. Someone has gone to great lengths to keep these secrets buried, and they aren't finished killing yet. 

 

Trapped by the storm, Ana, Kimo, and Maggie are forced into a deadly confrontation in a remote cabin. With decades of resentment boiled over, the Fairbanks family is about to reach a terrifying breaking point. The truth will finally come out in the snow—but not everyone will survive to see the spring. 

 

Snowfall’s Reckoning is a tense, atmospheric mystery-thriller perfect for fans of deep-seated family secrets and high-stakes survival. If you love twisty stories where the danger isn't just the freezing cold, but the people you trust the most, this page-turner will keep you reading late into the night.