A city of antebellum architecture, picturesque parks, and cobblestone streets, Savannah moves at the graceful pace of its river namesake. But for Harper McClain, the timeless beauty and cutlure that distinguish her home's Southern heritage vanish during the dark and dangerous nights in neighborhoods where the cicadas are the only ones out after the sun has fled the sky. And she wouldn't have it any other way. Not even finding her mother brutally murdered in their home when she was twelve has made her love Savannah any less. The police had no leads and the killer was never found, but her mother's unsolved murder made Harper into one of the best crime reporters in the state of Georgia. Her latest investigation takes her to the scene of a homicide where the details are hauntingly familiar: a young girl being led from the scene by a detective; a female victim found in the kitchen, naked and stabbed multiple times; and no traces of any evidence pointing toward a suspect. The simularities between the murder of Marie Whitney and her own mother lead Harper to believe they're both victims of the same killer. Now she has the chance to uncover the identity of the murderer, who's eluded the law for fifteen years, and make sure another little girl isn't forever haunted by a senseless act of violence - even if it puts Harper in the killer's crosshairs.