Police detective Marti MacAlister, a recently widowed mother, investigates the death of a young Chicago woman found along the rocky shores of Lake Michigan; what Marti doesn't know is that while she's working hard to stop one killer, another from the past has her family in his sights.

"Life is finally going smoothly for Lincoln Prairie, Illinois, police detective Marti MacAlister. She's happily married to Ben, and they and their children are at last coming together as a family. But when an arsonist starts targeting vacant houses and detonating bombs in their sleepy Chicago suburb, Marti's personal life is put aside as she and her partner, Matthew "Vik" Jessenovik, investigate this string of troublesome events." "Early on, as Marti...