"With an imagination reminiscent of Steven King and a mind for mystery like Michael Connelly, author Steve Huggins has brought us a triumph of suspense in . From the moment journalist Fogger Grace becomes entangled in trying to solve the mystery of a baffling series of deaths to the astonishing ending, you will be ensnared in this addictive, mind-bending tale of the depths of human depravity and the grandeur of human virtue. is addictive. You won't want to put it down until you've read the very last word." - Linda Hughes, award-winning author of the , life in the small tourist town of Mosby, Georgia, is just as you would expect. But beneath the magnolias and crepe myrtles lurks a terrible power, one that is compelling people to kill themselves without apparent cause or explanation. Fogger Grace, a writer raised by an irrational, controlling mother, arrives in Mosby to cover the annual reunion of an eccentric family for the . Instead, he must watch as the adults slaughter themselves and their children in a mass murder-suicide. Fogger, his new friend Al Amon, and police chief Lauren Klout are forced to challenge the brutality of a soulless murderer who manipulates the passions of his unsuspecting victims. And as Fogger undergoes his transformation from repression to self-reliance, he must fight not just to survive, but also to protect the only woman he has ever loved.