Becca slogged through a deep drift & stumbled toward the front of the shanty. A padlock hung from the hasp but it wasnt engaged. Shaking with cold she shoved open the door. The interior was dark & hushed. The air smelled of kerosene & fish. Out of the wind it was so quiet she could hear the ice creaking beneath her feet. Her breath puffing out in clouds of white vapour she pulled out the candle & matches shed brought from home & lit the wick. The light revealed a small interior with plywood walls & a shelf covered with fish blood & a smattering of silver scales. A lantern sat on the shelf. A coil of rope hung on the wall.. . Three teenagers have vanished from Ohios Amish country. The only thing they have in common other than their religion is they are keen to leave the Plain Life. Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is called in to consult by Agent John Tomasetti as her Amish roots will be invaluable in an investigation involving this sectarian society. They travel to the small town of Monongahela Falls to investigate the latest disappearance -- that of seventeen-year-old Annie King. The only evidence left behind is a satchel -- & a pool of blood. The case moves closer to home for Kate when a young relative Sadie Miller vanishes. With her own past resonating Kate delves into the lives of the missing teens. Soon a sinister pattern emerges along with a vital clue that changes everything. While following up on a lead Kate makes an appalling discovery & unearths a secret no one could have imagined--thrusting her into a fight to the death with a merciless killer.