Small town pediatrician and coroner, Sara Linton, teams up with her police chief ex husband and the town's sole female detective to solve the death of a college professor. The woman was mutilated, with two knife wounds forming the shape of a cross on her chest. It soon becomes clear that the woman was killed by a sadistic rapist turned killer who must be caught before he strikes again. Secrets from Sara's past may hold the key to stopping this madman.