A unique group of friends band together after one of their own is targeted by an equally unique serial killer. Cerran Brennan, although a newcomer of over a decade, diver, surfer, quilter, surfer, Jill of all trades finds her missing best friend, Emily Hayden remains while cleaning the Mt. Pleasant Iowa park fountain. She doesn’t realize the depth someone will go to keep their identity secret until after she’s attacked. From finding a cryptive message on her phone, her beloved dog Ladybug almost dognapped, to being forced in her Jeep into an oncoming train and surviving Cerran and her friends search the countryside for any clue to the person responsible. Handsome Jake Hutches is the only bump on her road to discovery.