Charlotte Hammond wasnβt prepared to be the guardian of her murdered sisterβs children. But when her brother-in-law is arrested for the murder, she has no choice.
When nine-year-old Chester doesnβt return home from school, Charlotte fears the worst.
True crime writerΒ Dougal LachlanΒ is hiding his own secrets. He believes he holds the key to solving the thirty-year-old murders of five librarians but if heβs right the killer may be closer than anyone thinks.
Local Sheriff Wade MacKay doesnβt want to believe thereβs a serial killer in Twisted Cedars but with a nine-year-old boy is missing heβs forced to confront the chilling possibility.
As the town grapples with the unsettling events of past and present, Charlotte, Dougal, and Wade must confront their own demons and work together to uncover the truth before more lives are lost to the darkness lurking within Twisted Cedars.