When Atlanta Police Detective Michael Ormewood is Called Out to a Murder Scene at the Notorious Grady Homes, He Finds Himself Faced With One of the Most Brutal Killings of His Career Aleesha Monroe is Found in the Stairwell in a Pool of Her Own Blood, Her Body Horribly Mutilated. As a One-Off Killing, It's Shocking, but When It Becomes Clear, That It's Just the Latest in a Series of Similar Attacks, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Are Called In, and Ormewood is Forced Into Working With Special Agent Will Trent of the Criminal Apprehension Team - a Man He Instinctively Dislikes. but Then, Only Twenty-Four Hours Later, the Violence Ormewood Sees Around Him Every Day Explodes in His Own Back Yard. and It Seems the Mystery Behind Monroe's Death is Inextricably Entangled With a Past That Refuses to Stay Buried ...