The sins of the past have caught up to Sara Linton and Jeffrey Tolliver. When medical examiner Linton and police chief Tolliver take a trip away from the small town of Heartsdale, it should be a straightforward weekend at the beach. But a last minute detour to Jeffrey's hometown goes violently wrong when Jeffrey's best friend kills an intruder who breaks into his house. When Jeffrey appears to change the crime scene, Sara no longer knows who to trust. Twelve years later, Sara and Jeffrey are caught up in a shockingly brutal attack that threatens to destroy both their lives. But they're not random victims: they've been targeted. Deftly interweaving present and past, Slaughter, in this prequel to her bestselling Blindsighted, offers another brilliant knife-edge tale of suspense.