Donald Brown Stoker, a.k.a., the Keeper, brutally killed seven women before he was cornered in an abandoned barn by FBI agents. Rather than surrender, Stoker, set himself and the barn on firepreferring death to spending the rest of his life in a federal prison.
And with him, went his sick secrets.
Former FBI agent, Lottie Stark, didn't mourn the loss of Stoker, nor the death of her FBI career. She moved on to a quieter life as a small town police chief, where, though life could be tedious and a pain, she had no trouble sleeping. Because she no longer dreamed of monsters.
Until Stoker came back from the dead
Three unidentified dead girls, all with Stoker's MO, dumped in her town is giving Lottie a case of déjà vu all over again. With little evidence and no viable suspects, Lottie is ready for a meltdown.
Frenemies and allies alike urge her to bring in the FBI but she'd rather die than churn up her past failures. But thanks to the town mayor and her underhanded lead detective, the past is headed straight for Lottie's door. Not the least of which is, profiler Jack Brady, her former lover and partner.
As Lottie struggles to maintain control of her case and her town, the lunatic is still out there, free to kill again. And daring her to catch him.