A serial killer is the last thing anyone expects in the small rural community of Alder Grove. But the isolated farms hold secrets, and there are skeletons in the closets that no one wants to talk about. Jenna Maurin knows the details of the recent crimes as well as anyone. In her search for answers she will come face to face with a terrible discovery in her own life as an autistic girl leads her to uncover the shocking truth about the past. Detective Jesse Logan is no stranger to homicide investigations. But he is still considered an outsider in Alder Grove and the locals are wary and suspicious of anything that might bring to light the darker recesses of their lives. In his search for clues a disturbing pattern is emerging while a killer's bizarre rituals continue to escalate. When the crimes become personal, his efforts to stop a killer become a race to find a missing girl. He is about to learn that some secrets are dark enough to kill for and that, sometimes, the sins of the past have a way of reaching into the present.