Ava Glass introduces Maya Landry, who’s seeking a fresh start deep in the Rocky Mountains of Montana after a messy divorce. When a senator is murdered, Landry’s sanctuary turns into a place of danger and she is forced on the run. She reinvents herself and moves to Texas to work as a barmaid and waitress.  She is relieved when she’s hired as a summer keeper of billionaire owned ski lodges left empty after snow season ends, and her new life of peace and isolation is going exactly as hope… until she stumbles across a dead body on the living room floor of one of the lodges. There is no cell service on the resort, and by the time she’s able to find signal and call the police the body is gone. In fact, there is no evidence that there ever was a body there at all. The police think Maya is unstable, and she’s not convinced they are wrong. But then a stranger, walks up to her later that night and tells her that someone knows she was up on the mountain that day – someone willing to kill to keep their secrets. She’s not sure whether to believe him, until the killers come for her I the dead of the night. The bad guys, naturally, eventually find her. Maya narrowly escapes, only to find the same mysterious man waiting to rush her away, but can she trust him? Can she trust anyone? Off she goes again, aided by Riley a handsome FBI agent, and the mysterious Amber, who also works for the US government. Landry is a sympathetic protagonist but the pacing can be slow. 

Only one thing is the people who committed the murder are coming for her. Maya is the only person alive who might reveal what happened up on the mountain. And they want her gone.

The Hiding Season, Century £18:99/ Bantam $30.