Now fully licensed as a private investigator, with a new and eager business partner helping to drum up business, life is improving for Lloyd Gibson. He is on the verge of feeling content, something he hadn't experienced in years. However, he is forced to leave a potentially high-profile case in his partner's capable hands and take on a new, unexpected client: His own mother. In the midst of mysterious disappearances plaguing a small city in Ontario, her latest boyfriend-an animal control officer-has gone missing. With time of the essence, Lloyd must cross the continent as fast as the shadows can carry him. When he arrives, he discovers that not everything is what it seems, and the disappearances may have unnatural causes. Something strange is lurking in the woods, and Lloyd discovers he may not be the only thing hiding in the dark. To find answers and get to the truth, Lloyd may have to face off against