Miranda Steele. Feisty. Independent. Skeptical. Thirteen years ago her abusive husband stole her baby and gave it up for adoption. She comes to Atlanta to find her daughter. Wade Parker. Ace detective. Wealthy owner of the Parker Investigative Agency. The most eligible 44-year-old bachelor in Atlanta. Still mourning the death of his socialite wife, he must solve a disturbing murder case. Before the killer strikes again. A serial killer strangling young girls in a bizarre ritual. Why?

When a 15-year-old girl fails to make it home after school, DI Heather Filson believes she’s dealing with just another teenage runaway. The girl’s grandfather, a notorious Glasgow gangster, disagrees. Convinced one of his underworld enemies has grabbed her, he’s prepared to bathe the city in blood in order to bring his princess home.

When Detective Madison Harper arrives at a remote summer camp in Shadow Falls, Northern California, her heart breaks for Jenny, the sweet little girl last seen splashing in the lake with her friends before she vanished. Peering into the silent cabins filled with rows of neatly made beds, Madison knows this idyllic place is hiding a terrible secret.

To avoid the hassle of a media frenzy, the local police sergeant decides contact his old mentor Wade Parker and ask him to consult on the case. After nearly dying eight months ago, Miranda Steele can't wait to get back to real detective work. Nobody deserves to die that way. But this one isn’t so easy. If she can't solve this case, not only will she fail her destiny, another psycho killer might get away with murder. Meanwhile, Parker harbors secret reservations about their new venture together. Especially when he suspects there might be more to this murder than meets the...eye.

MMA champ-turned-FBI Special Agent and BAU specialist Dakota Steele is as tough as they come—and as brilliant, too, able to crack serial killers that no one else can.