She's determined to start over. But launching a new venture could be a fatal mistake… Kathy Klein is pinning her hopes for a brighter future on the mountain lodge she's just inherited. Desperate to make her business and marriage work, she brushes off dire warnings from the local elders of a malevolent spirit lurking in the woods. When her spooked staff and selfish husband abandon her, she thinks things can't get worse. Then the grisly murders begin. Cut off from the world by an avalanche, Kathy and her best friend Astrid Ingebritson struggle to protect guests from a gruesome killer free to gut them one by one. And as suspicion of the culprit's identity spreads among the survivors, Kathy's idyllic resort seems doomed to become a failure. The Spirit Bear Secret is the fourth standalone novel in the spine-tingling Secrets thriller series. If you like strong heroines, frightening twists and turns, and chilling action, then you'll love Gayle Siebert's bloodcurdling tale.