Jackson Clay has been many things to law enforcement in his time helping those who have fallen through society's cracks: Witness. Ally. Asset. But there's one thing he's never been... The prime suspect. Until now. When his ex-wife, Nathalie, is brutally killed along a lonely stretch of highway outside Washington, DC, all evidence points to Jackson. To clear his name and grieve the only woman he's ever truly loved, Jackson thrusts himself head-first into the investigation. But what he learns may be even more heartbreaking than Nathalie's death. In the weeks leading up to her death, Nathalie received a phone call. The caller? Dale Jeffers-the very man incarcerated for the death of Nathalie and Jackson's late son, Evan. His message? He didn't kill Evan. Now, Jackson must solve not one but two mysteries. Who killed Nathalie? And who is really to blame for his son's death some fifteen years ago? The search for these and other truths will rip open old wounds and force Jackson to grapple again with a darkness he'd thought he'd put behind him. But that same darkness is where the ultimate evil lurks. And it's waiting, ready to strike should Jackson Clay get too close.