Atlanta private investigator and ex-FBI profiler Keye Street wants nothing more than time alone with her boyfriend, Aaron--but, as usual, murder gets in the way. A.P.D. Lieutenant Aaron Rauser is called to the disturbing scene of the strangling death of a teenager. Meanwhile, Keye, a recovering alcoholic, must deal with her emotionally fragile cousin, who is now convinced she is being stalked. But all hell breaks loose when another murder--the apparent hanging of an elderly man--hits disturbingly close to home for Keye. Though the two victims have nothing in common, there are bizarre similarities between this case and that of Aaron's strangled teen. With the threat of more deaths to come, Keye works on pure instinct alone--and soon realizes that a killer is circling ever closer to the people she loves the most.