The serial killer is back.

Whether or not the man they arrested three months ago was involved in the murders, the serial killer is active again in Veil, and the town resents Violet and Sheriff Grogan for giving them a false sense of security. Paranoia sets in quickly as a large number of residents flee the town. Others start firing accusations at each other?or, in one case, gunshots.

Then, all at once, the motive for the killings is revealed. The murderer is targeting certain people in a specific order, and it's a mad scramble to predict the next target?and prevent the next murder from happening...