Author Event! Wendy Walker & Rachel Howzell Hall

About the book:

From USA Today bestselling author―and former competitive skater―Wendy Walker comes a chilling psychological thriller set in the cutthroat world of elite figure skating.

Ana Robbins was an Olympic star in the making―until tragedy forced her to leave that world behind. At the age of sixteen, she gave up her dream and never looked back. Fourteen years later, she’s a successful defense attorney, revered for her work with minors. But when her former coach turns up dead, Ana lands right back where it all began, and abruptly ended: The Palace, a world-renowned skating facility nestled high in the mountains of Colorado.

Ana returns to The Palace to defend the young skater accused of the brutal crime―Grace Montgomery. Despite her claims of innocence, all evidence points squarely at Grace’s guilt, and she’s days away from facing charges of first-degree M**der.

But Ana’s investigation dredges up childhood memories of her own, triggering the fear that permeates this place where she once lived and trained far from home as an “Orphan.” With a blizzard raging outside, and time running out for Grace, Ana is determined to uncover the truth―even if it means exposing her own secrets that she buried here long ago.

About the authors:

Wendy Walker is the USA Today bestselling author of psychological suspense novels. Her work has been translated into over twenty-three foreign languages and has been optioned for television and film. She is a former attorney and investment banker, and as a teenager, she trained for competitive figure skating. Her next thriller, BLADE, will be published by Thomas & amp; Mercer in February 2026. Visit www.wendywalkerbooks.com.

Rachel Howzell Hall is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of sixteen novels, including The Cruel Dawn, Fog and Fury and The Last One, a Good Morning America Book Club selection, as well as What Fire Brings, What Never Happened, We Lie Here, And Now She’s Gone and These Toxic Things. Rachel is a two-time finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. A former member of the board of
directors for Mystery Writers of America, she was a featured writer on NPR’s acclaimed Crime in the City series and the National Endowment for the Arts weeklypodcast.

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