Meet Ren Copeland. Seattle East's only female detective has a humdinger of a case on her hands when an icy blonde named Lydia Merton arrives home from a trip and discovers a corpse in her Capitol Hill residence. Lydia claims to have never seen the dead girl before, but as a growing number of coincidences bind her to the events, it seems likely she is involved. After another two young people die, the trail of clues leads Ren to an alternative religious community in Northern California called Shadow Rock. There Ren must use her wits to fend off danger and find a way to solve this most puzzling...