Thirty years ago, Meghan Newton survived a brutal attack that left her scarred for life. Her assailant, Carlton Tubbs, was sentenced to fifteen years in prison—but released after only nine for good behavior. Then, he vanished without a trace.
Now, Detective Vanessa Stone is hunting a killer who has claimed eighteen women, each bearing the same horrifying wounds Meghan once endured. All signs point to Carlton Tubbs—but how could a man who disappeared decades ago still be killing?
As Vanessa delves into Tubbs’ past, she uncovers dark secrets hidden in his childhood trauma and prison years. His psychologist held dangerous truths. His victims share chilling similarities. And looming over it all is a shadowy figure known only as “Smith,” whispered in the depths of Tubbs’ fractured mind. Is he a product of circumstance, molded into a monster by a broken past? Or is something far darker at work—something that has never left him?
With the next victim still missing, Vanessa races against time, forced to face a terrifying truth: when the mind becomes a prison, the ghosts inside may be all too real. And if she stares too long into the darkness, she may never escape it herself.
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