A detective under pressure.
Deputy Coroner Clay Edison is juggling a new baby who won’t sleep, with working the graveyard shift. For once he’s trying to keep things simple.
A haunting discovery.
When infant remains are found by developers demolishing a local park, a devastating cold case is brought back to light.
A desperate search for answers.
Clay has barely begun to investigate when he receives a call from a man who thinks the remains could belong to his sister - who went missing fifty years ago. Now Clay is locked in a relentless search that will unearth a web of violence, secrets and betrayals.
Because in this town, the past isn’t dead, it’s very much alive. And it can kill…….