In a nature reserve the corpses of a number of young women are being found. The case is assigned to the young, but diligent and thorough, Detective Lea Smith. She calls on the help of ex-forensic psychologist Thomas David.
Karl Alberg moves to a quiet coastal town to soothe a psyche that has been battered by big-city police work but finds himself needing to call upon all his skills to solve the murders that continue to wash up on his shore.
A series of heinous crimes have unsettled a small community, and Detective Lois Tryon feels they are eerily personal, as if someone—or something—is taunting her.