Having given up her high-powered career in the FBI, Jac Swann left the Bureau for the quiet life of a small town sheriff in rural Virginia. But the bucolic escape takes a grisly turn when a brutal murder happens on her new turf, and the dead man is a local businessman who apparently had no enemies. But as Swann and her lead investigator, Rob Lyle, begin to dig deeply, all is not as it seems. The man was not the stellar character he appeared to be, and the secrets he held would give rise to any number of suspects. But when more mutilated bodies turn up, the darkest secret of all will lead to something far more sinister than a serial killer—something that could devastate her tiny county and shake the roots of national security.
