Ten years have passed since the events of the second novel. Someone lies in a grave, someone sits in a mental hospital, and yet the town of Fairview continues its quiet provincial life. The crimes of Norman Bates are a disgrace to this place, but there are people who intend to turn Fairview’s bad reputation into a tourist attraction. The Bates motel has already been rebuilt, the house behind it has already been restored, wax figures of Norman and his victim have already been made… and then, in the basement of the house, a murder takes place.
Writer Amy Haines, working on a book about the Bates, arrived just in time—because everything is only just beginning…