Bill Pronzini: The Hidden (USA 2010)

From the Publisher:
A series of seemingly random murders along a fifty-mile stretch of the rugged northern California coast, committed by an unknown dubbed by the media the Coastline Killer. A young couple with marital problems, Shelby and Jay Macklin, who decide to spend the week between Christmas and New Year's at a friend's remote coastal cottage. Two couples in a neighboring home whose relationships are thick with festering menace. A fierce winter storm that leads to a night of unrelenting terror. These are the main ingredients in Bill Pronzini's chilling and twist-filled tale about the hidden nature of crime and its motives.

Bill Pronzini: The Hidden. A Novel of Suspense. Walker & Co., ISBN 9780802718006 (November, 2010), 224 p., $24.00.