Detective Meg Thorne, haunted by the years of cold cases she could not solve, retires early, in her 50s, feeling stifled by the limits of the law and determined to do whatever she has to to solve them on her own, stop these killers, and rescue any victims. Outside of the red tape, she will be free to cross all lines, and do whatever must be done—as long as she doesn’t find herself, alone, in a killer's sights…
When a brilliant graduate student is murdered at MIT, echoes of the past resurface for Meg Thorne as the crime mirrors long-unsolved campus killings. Drawn back into a mystery that intertwines with her late husband's death, Meg must untie twenty years of hidden knots to reveal a killer—and confront the ghosts that have haunted her badge and heart.
