When Sage Quintano barely escapes from a brutal serial killer, husband Niko, a homicide detective, insists they move to rural New Hampshire, where he accepts a position as sheriff. Sage buries secrets from that night—secrets she swears to take to her deathbed. Three years pass and Sage’s twin sister goes missing. Is the killer trying to lure Sage into a deadly trap to end his reign of terror?

Sage Quintano writes about crime. Her husband Niko investigates it. Together they make an unstoppable team. But no one counted on a twisted serial killer, who stalks their sleepy community. Women impaled by deer antlers, bodies encased in oil drums, nursery rhymes, and the Suicide King. What connects these cryptic clues? For Sage and Niko, the truth may be more terrifying than they imagined.

When a brutal murder rocks Alexandria, Sheriff Niko Quintano receives a letter: Paradox vows to kill again if his riddle isn’t solved within 24 hours. Niko turns to his crime writer wife, Sage, for help. But she’s dealing with her own private nightmare. A phone call from the past threatens her future. Can Niko and Sage solve the riddle in time, or will the killer win this deadly game of survival?

Five missing boys and an adult corpse found in the town’s water shed was only the beginning for Sage and Niko. After a hooded stranger gives their son, Noah, a stuffed toy—the exact Christmas moose given to all the missing boys days before their abductions—their lives spiral downward into uncertainty. Will Noah be the next boy to go missing? The truth of what they discover blows everyone’s mind.

A string of gruesome murders rocks the small town of Alexandria, New Hampshire, with all the victims staged to resemble dead angels. All the clues point to the Romeo Killer’s return. Except one: he died eight years ago. Dead serial killers don’t rise from the grave. With only hours left to live, how can Sage convince her Sheriff husband before the sand in her hourglass runs out?