One Step Too Far

Five men head into the woods for a bachelor party weekend. Only four return. If he never left the woods, where did he go?A young man disappears during a stag weekend in the woods. Years later, he's still missing.But his friends who were with him that day are still searching for him. Still hunting for answers.They hike deep into the wilderness.With them is missing person specialist Frankie Elkin.What they don't know is that they are putting their own lives in terrifying danger, and may not come back alive ...

“It’s not often that a thriller so deeply casts us into the darkness of both nature and the human heart. . . . Terrifying, primal, and very, very tense. Read it with your heart in your throat—but read it.”
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“Gardner’s latest series continues to excel; instinctual, tragedy-driven Frankie is one of crime fiction’s most intriguing new sleuths.”
—Booklist (starred review)

“The appeal of Lisa Gardner’s second Frankie Elkin mystery lies mainly with the meticulously researched science and lore on surviving in the wilderness--and with the endearingly strange Frankie herself.”
—The Washington Post

"Gardner's gripping sequel to 2021's Before She Disappeared . . . winds toward a surprising conclusion."
—Publishers Weekly