Cold Charity

In the mist-shrouded New England town of Ashwick Hollow, renowned philanthropist Elias Crowe operates a sanctuary for troubled youth. But beneath his immaculate facade, Crowe's sprawling estate conceals a private hunting ground where the desperate are the prey. When fifteen-year-old Leo Finch, a runaway with nothing left to lose, breaches the perimeter one frozen night, he becomes both witness and target. As the county medical examiner, Dr. Isadora Vance, begins to piece together the fragmented remains of previous victims on her stainless steel table, she discovers that death tells stories the living dare not speak. Every cut she makes peels away another layer of Crowe's elaborate lies, exposing a web of power, privilege, and predation that reaches deep into the foundations of Ashwick Hollow itself.