Embrace of Death

When Dr. Josie West takes the job at a rural hospital's morgue, she expects routine cases and a quiet life. What she finds is beyond her imagination. Her first autopsy ends before beginning—the body vanishes from the table.

As more corpses disappear and young women turn up bloodless and pale, Josie uncovers a centuries-old predator hiding beneath Monroe County's surface.

Forced into a deadly game of evidence and instinct, Josie must balance the logic of science against an ancient evil that d...