Six months have passed since the events of the first novel, "In the Woods". Cassie Maddox has left the Homicide Department and does not intend to return - until an urgent phone call sends her to the scene of a horrific crime. The victim is identical to Cassie and according to her identification, she is Alexandra (Lexie) Madison, an alias Cassie used when she worked undercover. Cassie not only has to find out who killed this girl - more importantly, she has to find out who she was.