Deep in the secluded regions of Tennessee is The Lodge, a resort that caters to the wealthy, its "what happens at The Lodge stays at The Lodge" reputation making it a popular spot for those with secrets to keep. Unfortunately, The Lodge has its own grisly secrets, secrets that FBI agent Quentin Hayes is determined to bring to light. A member of Noah Bishop's Special Crimes Unit, Quentin knows the time is right to find the answers to questions that have haunted him for the past 20 years.

Diana Brisco has always known she was different. There isn't a medication or therapy she hasn't tried from the time she was a young child, but still she can't stop the nightmares, the visions, the voices that only she hears. Medication-free after years of using mind-numbing drugs prescribed by well-meaning doctors, coming to The Lodge is the latest therapy attempt to curb what she believes is mental illness. Quentin knows Diana isn't mentally ill, knows that she's part of the puzzle, part of the key, to unlocking the horrors of The Lodge.

With Quentin's guidance, Diana slowly comes to realize she has a rare gift, the ability to communicate with the dead, to walk among the dead in the gray time between life and death. And the dead of The Lodge want to be heard, demand to be heard, and are determined to stop the evil that's lived at The Lodge and killed at The Lodge for years.

Wow! Hooper has crafted a spine-tingling, sleep-with-the- lights-on thriller in CHILL OF FEAR. Each of her Special Crimes Unit books gets a little bit better, a little bit scarier, and this one is no exception. Quentin and Diana are a fabulous pairing, each trying to deal with childhood traumas that shaped the adults they are, while trying to cope with present-day horrors that threaten their very existence. The evil of The Lodge and its manifestation is frightening in its implacability. CHILL OF FEAR...it's here!

Book Summary

FBI agent Quentin Hayes always knew he had an unusual talent, even before he was recruited by Noah Bishop for the controversial Special Crimes Unit. But, as gifted as he is, for twenty years he’s been haunted by a heartbreaking unsolved murder that took place at The Lodge, a secluded Victorian-era resort in Tennessee. Now he’s returned one final time, determined to put the mystery to rest.

Diana Brisco has come there hoping to unlock the mystery of her troubled past. Instead, she is assailed by nightmares and the vision of a child who vanished from The Lodge years ago. And an FBI agent is trying to convince her that she isn’t crazy but that she has a rare gift, a gift that could catch a killer.

Quentin knows that this is his last chance to solve a case that has become a dangerous obsession. But can he persuade Diana to help him, knowing what it could cost her? For something cold and dark and pure evil is stalking the grounds of The Lodge. Something Diana may not survive. Something Quentin never felt before: the chill of fear.