Imogen Clarke wakes at dawn on the day of her sixteenth birthday and, instead of the expected congratulations from her parents, finds their decapitated bodies at the kitchen table. Nearby is a note left by the killer.
Jezzi and Quinni are brought in to investigate—recently demoted to junior detectives, who dream of returning to real work instead of the routine of surveilling suspects. But very soon it becomes clear: Jezzi is connected to this case far more strongly than anyone could imagine. It’s hardly an accident that she and Imogen were born on the same day.
The clues lead to a mysterious stalker who has been pursuing Jezzi for years. Who is he, why is he woven into her past, and what drives him to kill so terrifyingly and brutally? To understand this and stop the murderer, Jezzi will have to unearth secrets long buried—otherwise the next victim could be her.