New York was Minka Mayet's past.

Her home. Her history. Her roots.

And her nightmares—all wrapped in one snow-swept city.

Now she's Chief Medical Examiner of Copeland City, commanding a team of brilliant techs and sharing her morgue—and her life—with her husband, homicide detective Archer Malone.

But before she was the woman she is today, she was a five-year-old girl living in the shadow of a monster.

A serial killer stalked New York's streets, targeting little girls with chilling precision and zero remorse.

Minka thought that chapter was closed.

Buried.

Forgotten.

Until a new face hits the news.

Until an old flame lights up her phone, demanding attention.

Until the past claws its way into the present.

She thought the Body-In-The-Bag killer would be her most painful lesson this year.

But the threat of losing Archer—of watching her marriage unravel under the weight of secrets and fear—is so much worse.