A month after a horrific multiple murder has shaken a town in central Georgia, Amelia Waldyce mysteriously develops an unwelcome psychic ability: everyone she meets compulsively tells her precisely what's on their minds. When the police attempt to exploit Amelia's ability as a way of forcing a confession from their prime suspect, they set her on a course that will lead to more bloodshed, a forbidden love, and a rendezvous with the supernatural.