<p><b>The dead tell no tales . . .</b><br><br>Hollows Bend is a picture-perfect New England town where weekend tourists flock to see fall leaves and eat breakfast at the Stairway Diner. The crime rate ¿ zero ¿ is a point of pride for Sheriff Ellie Pritchett.<br><br>The day the stranger shows up is when the trouble starts. The sheriff and her deputy investigate the mysterious teenage girl. None of the locals can place her. She can¿t ¿ or won¿t ¿ answer any questions. She won¿t even tell them her name.<br><br>While the girl is in protective custody, the officers are called to multiple crime scenes leading them closer and closer to a lake outside of town that doesn¿t appear on any map . . .<br><br><b>_________________________________________</b><br><br><b>PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON</b><br><br>''It''s no mystery why James Patterson is the world''s most popular thriller writer ... Simply put: nobody does it better.'' JEFFERY DEAVER<br><br>''No one gets this big without amazing natural story