Hidden Beneath the Pines

A BATTERED EX-WIFE. A FLOATING BODY WASHING UP ON A LAKESHORE. ALL FINGERS POINT TO ONE MAN. FAMILY SECRETS CAN'T BE KEPT FOREVER.

Out of curiosity, an esteemed businessman Matt Walker, concerned by an unexpected phone call he receives from an estranged ex-wife heads to the home they once shared and to his dismay walks into a crime scene.

Thinking they have their man, seasoned detective Mara Graley, and a rookie partner with anger issues are surprised when the ex, sobbing but relieved, rushes into Walker's arms. For a short time, the detectives shift their focus until later that evening when a body washes up on the lakeshore of Walker's current home.

Now the prime suspect, in a race between a killer on the loose and detectives breathing down his neck, Walker is forced into a challenging predicament to clear his name and protect those he loves.

Walters uses his beloved Southern Oregon as the story's backdrop and keeps you turning pages, and wondering who did it, to the end.