Ettie Smith, has hurt her back and is consumed with the pain until she learns two people with close ties to her Amish community have been murdered.
When fear runs through the entire community, Ettie is determined to find out who the killer is and why he leaves a scarecrow in the front yard of his victims. Is this a copycat crime modelled on the unsolved scarecrow murders from the sixties, or could it be the same killer on another murderous spree?
Ettie's investigations lead her to one man.
When the local detective disregards her opinion, Ettie goes it alone.
How close can Ettie get to the murderer without finding herself in grave danger? Is Ettie about to make the biggest mistake of her life?