A Thriller by James P. Wells

A woman's body is discovered beneath the snow on the slopes of Mammoth Mountain, months after her family reported her missing. With no obvious injuries and no clear cause of death, authorities rule it a tragic accident-another life claimed by a harsh winter.

Detective Jacob Townsend isn't convinced.

As he digs deeper, Townsend uncovers a series of eerily similar deaths stretching across some of the country's most exclusive ski resorts. The victims have little in common, except for one chilling detail hidden in confidential case files and a trail of assumptions that allowed each death to be dismissed.

In the mountains, snow can preserve a body while destroying a timeline. Storms erase footprints, melting ice washes away evidence, and the truth can remain buried for years. Someone understands that better than anyone-and has been using winter itself to hide murder.

As another season draws to a close, Townsend races to unravel a pattern concealed by silence, privilege, and the unforgiving wilderness. But the killer has always relied on one simple fact:

People believe what the snow lets them see.

Atmospheric, suspenseful, and rich with psychological intrigue, Avalanche is a gripping thriller about buried secrets, cold justice, and the deadly cost of mistaken assumptions.

Because sometimes the perfect crime isn't committed in the dark... it's hidden in plain white.