A rain barrel spills its secret.
A reverend stalked by nightmares.
A killer who knows her deepest fears.
When a body surfaces in the downpour, Cici Gurule's past floods back. Her twin's ghost reveals more victims-and more watery graves. As the killer closes in, targeting her congregation and friends, Cici and Detective Sam Chastain must decipher twisted clues before another life is lost.
But every answer leads to another riddle: a missing ex-lover, a cat's unnerving omen, and a teen girl taken. With time running out, Cici must confront the darkness within-and the terror waiting in the water.
A haunting, emotionally-charged thriller for fans of Nevada Barr, Tana French, and Julia Spencer-Fleming.