Trust no one. A storm is coming. And secrets will be revealed. A small island thriller about the woman no one believed. In this small beach town, folklore says a ghost appears before hurricanes. See him and leave, you live. Stay, you die in the storm. A serial killer on Fire Island built his method around it. Kill during a hurricane. Let the storm wash the body out to sea. The police rule every disappearance a storm-related death. It worked for a decade. Then the currents shifted and the bodies started washing back. When she was sixteen, Violet Crisp survived the storm that killed her best friend. The same night, she saw a man get murdered in the fog. The chief told her she was confused by grief. Her own father said she was making it up for attention. She spent the next ten years trying to prove a serial killer lurks on Fire Island. Until this summer. A new chief, the first authority figure to listen, gives her a chance to investigate. But another storm is coming. Another body is found. And Violet realizes The Storm Reaper must be local. And someone who realizes how close Violet is getting to the truth... If you like authors like Lucy Foley, Mary Kubica, Riley Sager, Widow's Bay, and Jaws, this thriller is for you. About the AuthorKristen Van Nest is a viral comedian and the author of Where to Nest (Dreamscape Media, 2024) and Perfect Modern Wife (Stacking Paper Publishing, 2025). The Storm Reaper is the first thriller in the Violet Crisp series, set on Fire Island, New York, where Kristen spent every childhood summer getting sunburnt, chasing minnows, and nearly drowning that one time. The book interweaves her love of nature, the beach, and small-town petty drama. She writes dark humor crime fiction about women who notice too much and get dismissed for it.