North Carolina SBI agent Logan Hunter caught a serial killer on her first major case and fell in love with a Madison County detective, so she deserves time off to plan a wedding. Instead she gets a call to report to Ivanhoe, not far from where she grew up. The familiar Greek revival mansion named The Black River Plantation holds a crime scene beyond anyone's worst nightmare. To make matters worse, the scene has been compromised. Key evidence is already obliterated and Logan's cast iron stomach and steeled nerves are put to the test.