Allison Embry believes she has gotten away with the murder of her young boyfriend… until she gets a call from his drug supplier with a proposition that threatens to destroy her family and the comfortable life she has built.

Widowed newspaper reporter Tom Williams plans to travel the US and write of his experiences. Then his daughter, a criminal defense attorney, calls to say she’s leaving her husband and moving home with her two sons. Tom has just received word that an unknown assailant has killed a third lawyer in his neighborhood.

Atlanta police detective Paxton Davis, nearing retirement, must find the Midtown Murderer before he strikes again. For Davis, this case is all too reminiscent of the 1980s serial killings that marked the beginning of his career.