Caitlin

The protagonist of "Snowfall," Caitlin is the heiress of a large fortune, left to her by her somewhat surly father. Though his presence in the book seems incidental at first, Caitlin's father ends up playing an enormous role in the events that befall her. Caitlin writes murder mysteries, and is very successful; this is immediately established by her presence on a television program. She is surrounded by men who admire and support her, including her editor, her publicist, and Mac, who ends up becoming her boyfriend. Nevertheless, Caitlin is tough, and likes to think of herself as self-sufficient, though she sometimes struggles to keep up this facade as her attacks become more and more threatening. Despite all of her experience writing mysteries, Caitlin is unable to figure out who is threatening her and why. Once she is abducted by Neil/Buddy, however, she deals with him calmly and...