When Atlanta police detective Michael Ormewood is called out to a murder scene at the notorious
Grady Homes he finds himself faced with one of the the most brutal killings of his career:
Aleesha Monroe is found in the stairwell in a pool of her own blood her body horribly
mutilated. As a one-off killing it's shocking but when it becomes clear that it's just
the latest in a series of similar attacks the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are called in
and Michael is forced into working with Special Agent Will Trent of the Criminal Apprehension
Team - a man he instinctively dislikes. Twenty-four hours later the violence Michael
sees around him every day explodes in his own back yard. And it seems the mystery behind
Monroe's death is inextricably entangled with a past that refuses to stay buried ...
