Emily Hartford is back in Chicago, ready to move forward and leave the past behind, until an unexpected request for help sends her deep into an investigation-and into the path of a killer. Seventeen months after the Parkman case and Dr. Emily Hartford has returned to Chicago to finish her surgical residency with her mentor Dr. Claiborne. Out of the blue she is contacted by Solange McClelland, the only survivor of a triple homicide that claimed her twin brother and both her parents. That was thirteen years ago, and while Emily doesn't know the details she's familiar with the case from her father's files-as one of the few cases he never solved. As Solange is compelled to revisit her family's fate, she turns to Emily for help, believing that the autopsy reports might hold clues to catching the killer. But the renewed investigation places both women in the crosshairs of a dangerous murderer determined to finish what they started, and they must solve the mystery of why Solange's family was killed before she becomes the final victim.
