As faithful parishioners gather for Vespers on All Saints Day, a beloved priest is bludgeoned to death in the church sacristy...

Though he is no stranger to controversy, the priest's death sends shockwaves through the community. Allegations from the past come to light when a young seminarian, the victim of sexual abuse, is found hiding on the church property, his clothing covered with blood.

Forensic photographer Kate Gardener has her doubts about the young man's guilt, and her hunches are seldom wrong. The twists and turns of this complicated and controversial case throw Kate into the path of the members of a notorious dining club, and she must face the ghosts of her past in the race to piece the clues together and catch a brutal murderer before he strikes again.