Something is wrong with teacher Julia Talbot's favorite second-grader, the mayor's son Brian. Seeing the outgoing little boy become increasingly anxious and withdrawn, she suspects problems at home, inside the mansion of a high-profile political family. But even Julia doesn't know the real truth. Venture capitalist Connor Stratford, the boy's powerful uncle, does. Intrigued by Julia, Connor plans a campaign of seduction designed to keep her from snooping-and to get her into his bed. Yet Julia has already learned too much.

The first victim is found in a snow-covered Philadelphia field. Detective Vito Ciccotelli enlists the aid of archaeologist Sophie Johannsen to determine exactly what lies beneath the frozen ground. Despite years of unearthing things long buried, nothing can prepare Sophie for the matrix of graves dug with chilling precision. The victims buried there haunt her. But the killer isn't done yet. He is cold and calculating, the master of a twisted game. Even with Vito and Sophie hot on his trail, he will not stop.

Despite all her years determining the fates of families, judge Hope Willis couldn't save her own. Her daughter taken, she's frantically grasping at any hope for Krissy's return. Desperate, Hope calls upon an unconventional team of experts for help.

Sally Montgomery's romantic getaway in the Hudson Valley is brutally cut short when her companion, Frederick Pierson, is murdered. Now Sally is on the run from the police—and the killer. In desperation, she turns to her ex-husband, a former NYPD detective, and their daughter Devon, a veterinarian who inherited her father's investigative instincts.

After surviving a life-threatening injury in the line of duty, former FBI Special Agent Sloane Burbank now uses her specialized skills as an independent consultant. But when a childhood friends mysteriously disappears, Sloane takes the case—even though her ex-lover Derek Parker is the FBI agent in charge.