Since her husband's murder two years earlier, life hasn't been easy for Elle Harrison. Now, at the start of a new school year, the second grade teacher is determined to move on. She's selling her house and delving into new experiences, like learning trapeze. Just before the first day of school, Elle learns that a former student has been released from juvenile detention where he served time for killing his abusive father. Within days of his release, Elle's school principal, who'd tormented him as a child, is brutally murdered. So is a teacher at the school and this student's former girlfriend. When Elle's assaulted in the night, she suspects that this former student is her attacker. Is he a serial killer? Is she his next intended victim?
Before Elle discovers the truth, she's caught in a deadly trap that challenges her deepest convictions about guilt and innocence, childhood and family. Pushed to her limits, she's forced to face her fears and apply new skills in a deadly fight to survive.
