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At first, they struggle to escape. Then a torrent of blows rains down upon their bodies until their eyes cloud over in final agony. The killer shows no remorse - just a twisted need to witness each victim's last terrified moments. Public defender Rachel Wainwright is struggling to reopen a decades-old case, convinced that the wrong man is in prison. Homicide detective Deke Morgan doesn't want to agree. But if Rachel's hunch is correct, whoever fatally bludgeoned young, beautiful Annie Dawson 30 years ago could be the source of a new string of brutal slayings.

Years ago, three Nashville teenagers went into the woods for a hike - and only one came out. While her two friends disappeared without a trace, Amber Ryder was discovered at the bottom of a ravine with a broken arm, head trauma, and zero memory of the horror that put her there. With no leads, the investigation hit a dead end.

In death, they are purified. Holding his victims under water, he washes away their sins as they struggle for their last breath. Then he stakes their bodies to the ground, exposing them for what they really are: witches. No one knows about defence attorney Charlotte Wellington's murdered sister, or about her childhood spent with the carnival that's just arrived in town. For Charlotte, what's past is past. But others don't agree. And as a madman's body count rises, she and Detective Daniel Rokov are drawn into a mission that's become terrifyingly personal.

After seventeen years away, public defender Raine Hale returns to her family’s crumbling Virginia estate when her estranged cousin Maria is hospitalized following a near-fatal cyanide poisoning. As sole beneficiary of Hale House and guardian to Maria’s five-year-old daughter, Molly, Raine confronts a troubling legacy she vowed never to revisit—and is thrust into a deadly mystery. But she can’t trust anyone.

קורבנות טראומה אינם דבר חדש עבור החוקרת הרפואית פיית' מקינטייר, אבל המקרה החדש שהגיע אליה שונה. מייסי קרואו, סוכנת אף־בי־איי ששוכבת בבית החולים מחוסרת הכרה לאחר תאונת פגע וברח, דומה לה דמיון מטלטל. כשפיית' רואה את מייסי לראשונה היא מרגישה כאילו היא מביטה במראה. אבל איך זה ייתכן? מה עשתה מייסי בסמטה אפלה באמצע הלילה, באותו היום שבו שלחה לפיית' הודעה? פיית' ידעה תמיד שהיא מאומצת, אבל עכשיו היא מגלה שנסיבות הולדתה אפופות בסודות, ושהיא בעצם אינה יודעת דבר.