"After escaping the horrors of her old life, Detective Megan Carpenter vowed never to let anyone hurt her or those she loves ever again. Joining the small police force in Jefferson County's Port Townsend, she is determined to get every victim of a crime the justice they deserve. Ruth Turner's sister Ida Watson has been missing for over a month. In a secluded farmhouse in the hills above Snow Creek, Megan finds Ida's teenage children alone and frightened....

"The young woman's body is lying with her arms stretched out to each side. Her lips slightly parted. Her face untouched by injury and her hair spread around her head like a fan. A redhead. Just like the others. When the body of Leann Truitt is found in a secluded cove in Mystery Bay, Detective Megan Carpenter is one of the first on the scene. The victim has tell-tale marks on her wrists, ankles and neck where she has been bound. But that's not all....