SOLVED. Ecological Serial Killer kidnapping girls and trapping them in wilderness during heatwave- FBI female protagonist hunting him down- [s]

[Del]

Another male cop helps her out. The setting was in the USA, the writer was female (I think her surname is Smith) and she published her first novel at 24.

[Kate]

Hi Desiree. I'm going to move your post to the Unsolved folder. More people are likely to see it and respond there. Good luck!

[Del]

Thanks.

[MJ]

Could this be the book your looking for, The Killing Hour by Lisa Gardner?

[Del]

MJ wrote: "Could this be the book your looking for, The Killing Hour by Lisa Gardner?"

It is!! Thanks so much.