Death's Door

On the eve of tourist season in the resort community of Door County, Wisconsin, a killer is targeting young blond women, leaving their strangled bodies along the desolate Mink River. The killer ritualistically arranges the bodies to mimic sleep, except for the long blond hair, brushed over their faces. And his deadly calling card—a purple band wound around the victim's finger—a macabre symbol of love.

Leigh Girard, former Chicagoan and reporter for the Door County Gazette, is pulled into the murder investigation when she finds the first victim. Haunted by the grisly crime, she decides to write a letter to the killer begging him to stop. After the letter is printed in the Gazette, Leigh's nightmare really begins.

The killer breaks into her house and leaves a cryptic letter on her bed, hinting at his identity with a literary clue. After the police arrest a young fisherman for the murders, Leigh discovers another anonymous letter slipped into her mailbox....