A serial killer comes home. A missing boy. A shocking revelation.

Charlotte Hammond wasn't prepared to be the guardian of her murdered sister's children. But when her brother-in-law is arrested for the murder, she has no choice.

When nine-year-old Chester doesn't return home from school, Charlotte fears the worst.

True crime writer Dougal Lachlan is hiding his own secrets. He believes he holds the key to solving the thirty-year-old murders of five librarians but if he's right the killer may be closer than anyone thinks.

Local Sheriff Wade MacKay doesn't want to believe there's a serial killer in Twisted Cedars but with a nine-year-old boy is missing he's forced to confront the chilling possibility.

As the town grapples with the unsettling events of past and present, Charlotte, Dougal, and Wade must confront their own demons and work together to uncover the truth before more lives are lost to the darkness lurking within Twisted Cedars.