The beauty of North Carolina's Outer Banks, a body found in a forest wetland, death from a bee sting, a cold case of robbery and murder--Lin Hanna's plans for a romantic holiday with "more than friend" Neal Smith take a dangerous turn when her efforts to help grieving parents cope with their daughter's death arouse a killer who has escaped detection for more than ten years. Lin and Neal's relationship is growing more serious, but will their promising future together be destroyed at the hands of a crazed killer?