The Girls in the snow by Stacy Green - Nikki Hunt Book 1
Agent Nikki Hunt returns to Stillwater, Minnesota after 20 years for a case to find the killer of two fifteen year old girls found frozen in the forest. It's not just this murder that has Nikki racing against time in her old hometown. When her parents were murdered 20 years ago, Nikki's testimony and available proof put Mark Todd behind bars. She believes his crime, but new evidence can prove his innocence. Nikki now has to not only find a killer but also come to terms that the past may need to be revisited and rectified. It took me a long time to finish this novel. For many reasons. Nikki Hunt is supposed to read people like a book. Criminals do not faze her and she gets them to confess even when other agents can't. Despite being that good, she is extremely stubborn and doesn't care to see evidence surrounding her parents death in new light until she's actually led by her attraction to the convict's brother. Her fellow agents are very much like herd following...