Deputy Sheriff Will Kemp is enjoying a peaceful evening row when he stumbles upon the body of a young woman. He is quickly plunged into a widening murder investigation which will pit him against a psychopath who kills with ruthless efficiency. Formerly a rising young NYPD Harbor Patrol officer, Kemp has moved to the upper Chesapeake after a crushing personal tragedy has left him broken. He has returned to his childhood haunts on the Sassafras River, hoping to find a way to start over--Back cover.