A little Georgia town erupts in panic whenever a young college professor is found brutally mutilated in the neighborhood diner. But it’s only when town pediatrician and coroner Sara Linton will the autopsy that the entire extent of the killer’s twisted work becomes clear.

Sara’s ex-husband, law enforcement key Jeffrey Tolliver, leads the investigation — a trail of terror that grows increasingly macabre when another community woman is found crucified a few days later. But he’s got greater than a sadistic serial killer on his hands, for the county’s singular feminine detective, Lena Adams — the 1st victim’s sister — wish to provide her own justice.

Nonetheless it is Sara who keeps the key to finding the killer. A secret from her past could unmask the brilliantly malevolent psychopath .. or mean her death.