Charlie Donlea is a USA Today bestselling author who has been praised as a 'bold new writer...on his way to becoming a major figure in the world of suspense' (Publishers Weekly). He was born and raised in Chicago, where he continues to live with his wife and two young children. He is the author of four other novels- Summit Lake, The Girl Who Was Taken, Don't Believe It and The Woman in Darkness (published elsewhere as Some Choose Darkness).