A killer rises... Determined to start over, Lucy Kendall moves to Washington, D.C., and takes a position with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. But the past doesn't want to let her go. When a police officer walks into her office and tells her the unthinkable, she knows she has to go back. But it's too late. The gauntlet has been dropped, and Lucy has no choice but to play a sadistic killer's game. Unable to trust anyone, Lucy scrambles to find the truth. But time runs out, and she must do the one thing she swore she'd never do: tell the truth about the people she's killed. Will Lucy's ultimate sacrifice be enough?